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Dry Creek’s Historic Blocks Zinfandel is sourced from pre-Prohibition vines planted across hillsides, terraced slopes, and alluvial fans—sites known for excellent drainage and remarkable vine age. Aged 16 months in a combination of French, Hungarian, and American oak, the wine offers alluring blue-fruit aromatics and a beautifully balanced palate that shifts between ripe, juicy blue and black fruits, gentle Indian spice notes, and firm, well-integrated tannins before offering a lenghty finish. Established in 1972, Dry Creek Vineyard is led by second-generation owner & President Kim Stare Wallace and oversees 185 acres of sustainably farmed vineyards.

Polished, seamless, endlessly delicious—you’ll find yourself wondering, Why haven’t I been drinking this my entire life? And you’d be right to ask. This blend of 70% Zinfandel, 18% Carignane, 9% Petite Sirah, and 3% Alicante Bouschet brings together grapes you may not know—or be able to pronounce—but together they create a harmonious red bursting with blue and black fruit, wrapped in a warm blanket of brown-spiced oak. Full-bodied, juicy, and sumptuous, it’s packed with flavor in the most irresistible way. Crafted entirely in air-dried American oak barrels (15% new, 10% one-year-old, 10% two-year-old, 30% three-year-old, and 35% four-year-old), this wine has been produced continuously since 1966, making it Ridge’s longest-running Zinfandel. The grapes are grown in three adjoining vineyards on a single soil type—an ancient Russian River washout layered with river stone and gravel. Ridge has been a Sonoma institution since 1962, known for its single-vineyard winemaking. COO & Head Winemaker John Olney is accompanied in the cellar by Shauna Rosenblum (formerly of Rock Wall Wine Company and daughter of iconic winemaker Kent Rosenblum), focusing on Lytton Springs.

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Dry Creek’s Historic Blocks Zinfandel is sourced from pre-Prohibition vines planted across hillsides, terraced slopes, and alluvial fans—sites known for excellent drainage and remarkable vine age. Aged 16 months in a combination of French, Hungarian, and American oak, the wine offers alluring blue-fruit aromatics and a beautifully balanced palate that shifts between ripe, juicy blue and black fruits, gentle Indian spice notes, and firm, well-integrated tannins before offering a lenghty finish. Established in 1972, Dry Creek Vineyard is led by second-generation owner & President Kim Stare Wallace and oversees 185 acres of sustainably farmed vineyards.

Polished, seamless, endlessly delicious—you’ll find yourself wondering, Why haven’t I been drinking this my entire life? And you’d be right to ask. This blend of 70% Zinfandel, 18% Carignane, 9% Petite Sirah, and 3% Alicante Bouschet brings together grapes you may not know—or be able to pronounce—but together they create a harmonious red bursting with blue and black fruit, wrapped in a warm blanket of brown-spiced oak. Full-bodied, juicy, and sumptuous, it’s packed with flavor in the most irresistible way. Crafted entirely in air-dried American oak barrels (15% new, 10% one-year-old, 10% two-year-old, 30% three-year-old, and 35% four-year-old), this wine has been produced continuously since 1966, making it Ridge’s longest-running Zinfandel. The grapes are grown in three adjoining vineyards on a single soil type—an ancient Russian River washout layered with river stone and gravel. Ridge has been a Sonoma institution since 1962, known for its single-vineyard winemaking. COO & Head Winemaker John Olney is accompanied in the cellar by Shauna Rosenblum (formerly of Rock Wall Wine Company and daughter of iconic winemaker Kent Rosenblum), focusing on Lytton Springs.

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