A Reload on Ridge’s Top-Selling 50th-Anniversary Release - Ancient Vines, Modern Icon
"Bursts with life and vibrancy"... Thursday May 22nd, 2025 View in Browser KL-emailheader.gif 50-Year Legacy, 100-Year-Old Vines—Now Back in Stock 2022 Ridge Vineyards "Lytton Springs -
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2022 Ridge Vineyards "Lytton Springs - 50th Anniversary" Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel ($44.95) "A slice of California history available at a remarkably approachable price.” — Ryan Woodhouse, K&L Domestic Wine Buyer 
This week's most exciting offer celebrates a true California icon: the landmark 50th Anniversary bottling from Ridge, showcasing the remarkable quality of this vineyard and Ridge's unparalleled expertise in capturing its essence. This is a genuine field blend sourced from ancient vines, most planted over a century ago. The rolling hills of Lytton are covered in a patchwork of beautiful, old, head-trained vines. Ridge farms these historic vineyards organically, with meticulous care, proudly embracing their role as custodians of this heritage site. The 2022 vintage demonstrates just how resilient these venerable vines are, effortlessly handling anything Mother Nature throws their way—including a pre-harvest heat spike. The resulting wine already bursts with life and vibrancy, offering briary, brambly deep red fruits, boysenberry, baking spice, crumbly dry earth, raspberry liqueur, and subtle oak framing its medium-to-full-bodied core. Aromatic, expressive, and immensely enjoyable now, this bottling also possesses proven aging potential and I've already stowed away a few bottles to drink in 5 and 10 years. Truly, it's a slice of California history available at a remarkably approachable price. -Ryan Woodhouse, K&L Spirits Buyer 
Fifty years after Ridge Vineyards introduced its first Lytton Springs bottling, the 2022 vintage stands as a testament to this enduring legacy. Crafted as a true old-vine field blend of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Carignane, and Alicante Bouschet, this wine embodies the rich history and meticulous craftsmanship that have defined Lytton Springs for half a century. 2022 Ridge Vineyards "Lytton Springs - 50th Anniversary" Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel ($44.95) 96 points Wine Enthusiast: "The densely packed nose of this legendary old vine field blend of Zin, Petite Sirah, Carignane, and Alicante gives aromas of crushed blackberry, purple flowers and rich earthy spices, while the palate brings black cherry, olive and licorice flavors in a framework of opulent tannin that will age effortlessly for more than a decade. *Cellar Selection*" (03/2025) 95 points Wine Spectator: "Like a beast that's been tamed, this red is genteel and polished on the outside but dark and fervent deep down, with expressive flavors of blackberry, briar patch, savory anise and pepper. Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Carignane and Alicante Bouschet. Drink now through 2035." (05/2025) 95 points Decanter: "This bottling marks the 50th Lytton Springs from Ridge, and appropriately, the wine is beguiling and intense - pure Americana and emblematic of Ridge's commitment to the heritage varieties and vines in California. Lytton Springs is home to 100-plus-year-old Zinfandel vines interplanted with Petite Sirah and Carignane, among a few other varieties. This bottling has become a standard bearer for the notion of California Zinfandel: smoky clove spices, toasted cinnamon sticks, bramble fruits and spicy black plums. The palate shows intense concentration, red and black plums, black pepper, muddled mint leaves and an undertone of dried anise and thyme. Delicious and built to age. (CP)" (09/2024) |
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