Ridge Vineyards Zinfandel York Creek 1997 Cascina Adelaide highlighting the wine’s remarkable complexity

highlighting the wine’s remarkable complexity and evolution

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Marqués de Murrieta´s foundation is linked to the origins of the Rioja wines since Luciano Murrieta produced in 1852 the first Rioja wine and was also the first one to export his wines

It is truly a cult wine that can age for years to come

Ridge Vineyards Zinfandel York Creek 1997 Cascina Adelaide highlighting the wine’s remarkable complexityWinemaker Notes: Twenty five years ago, Ridge made its first zinfandel from this vineyard high on Spring Mountain. The Race Track block that produced those first wines accounts for sixty percent of the current vintage. Younger vines, planted in the last ten years above the Mill site and on Kite and Burger Hills, provide the rest. The older vines, once cordon pruned, have been rained into the traditional head pruned shape typical of zinfandel planted