Ridge Lytton Springs Anniversary Pack

Ridge Lytton Springs Anniversary Pack

£169.99

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Lytton Springs is turning 50, so this week we bring you a very special three bottle pack of Ridge Estate history – a selection of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 vintages.

** EXTRA SPECIAL OFFER ** Buy two or more packs and get an additional £5 off each pack, making it £164.99 per pack.

You'll get one bottle each of:

Lytton Springs 2019 – A blend of 73% Zinfandel, 16% Petite Sirah, 9% Carignan and 2% Mataro. Medium to dark garnet. Smells of dried flowers, blackberries, carob and liquorice root. Flavours of blackberry, black cherry and plum have the tangy brightness of plum skin as fantastic acidity makes the mouth water. Chopped herbs and dried flowers linger in the finish as lightly grippy tannins settle on the palate and squeeze. There's just a touch of heat in the finish. (jancisrobinson.com)

Lytton Springs 2020 – A blend of 79% Zinfandel, 11% Petite Sirah and 10% Carignan. Medium to dark garnet. Aromas of blackberries and black cherry. Powdery tannins surround a juicy core of blackberry and black-cherry flavours shot through with plum skin, citrus peel and dried herbs. The tannins gain weight and power as the wine lingers on the palate, along with notes of sawdust and earth. (jancisrobinson.com)

Lytton Springs 2021 – A blend of 72% Zinfandel, 15% Petite Sirah, 9% Carignan, 2% Alicante Bouschet, 1% Cinsault and 1% Counoise. Medium to dark garnet. Smells of cherry, plum and unripe blackberries. Fantastically juicy flavours of pluot, blackberry, sour cherry and hibiscus mix with dried herbs and dried flowers. Powdery tannins coat the mouth like chalk dust and stiffen slightly over time. Notes of dried and fresh herbs mix with liquorice root in the finish. Beautifully textured and seamless, with fantastic acidity that makes for a wonderfully mouth-watering package. Outstanding, and doubtless will continue to be for at least 2 decades. .(jancisrobinson.com)

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Producer Information: Ridge

Over 50 years ago, Ridge made its first Monte Bello, and two years later its first zinfandel. Since this time, Ridge has championed single-vineyard winemaking, searching California for those rare vineyards where climate, soil, and varietal are ideally matched. Ridge Vineyards has two locations; high on Monte Bello Ridge in California’s rugged Santa Cruz Mountains in Cupertino and in the heart of Sonoma County in Healdsburg.

In the 1940s, theologian William Short bought the abandoned winery and vineyard just below the Perrone property and replanted several parcels to Cabernet Sauvignon in the late 1940s. From these vines—now the "middle vineyard"—new owners Dave Bennion and his three partners, all Stanford Research Institute engineers, made a quarter-barrel of "estate" Cabernet. That Monte Bello Cabernet marked one of California's finest wines of the era. The first Zinfandel was made in 1964, from a small nineteenth-century vineyard farther down the ridge. This was followed in 1966 by the first Geyserville Zinfandel.

Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel account for most of the production, while Syrah, Grenache, Mataro, Carignane and Petite Sirah, amongst other varieties, constitute a small percentage. Known primarily for its red wines, Ridge has also made limited quantities of Chardonnay since 1962.

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