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Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs 2015

£425.32
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6 bottle(s) at £70.89 per bottle.
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BK770340-15

Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs 2015

  • Country USA
  • Region Sonoma County
  • Grape 79% Zinfandel, 11% Petite Sirah, 10% Carignane
  • Abv 14.6%
  • Case size 6/ 75
  • Rich blackberry and plum on the nose with notes of aniseed. Full-bodied with dark bramble fruit and well-coated tannins on the palate. The long finish reveals layers of black liquorice and dried sage.

Fermentation: Full crush; 100% Natural primary and secondary.
Barrels: 100% air-dried American oak barrels (15% new; 15% one-year-old; 20% two-year-old, 20% three-year-old, 15% four-year-old, and 15% five-year-old).
Ageing: Thirteen months in barrel
pH: 3.74
TA: 5.97 g/L

Hand-harvested, sustainably grown estate grapes; destemmed and crushed; fermented on the native yeasts, followed by full malolactic on the naturally occurring bacteria; oak from barrel ageing; minimum effective sulfur for this wine (35 ppm at crush, 72 ppm throughout ageing); pad filtered at bottling. In keeping with our philosophy of minimal intervention, this is the sum of our actions.

More Information
Price£354.43
CountryUnited States
Vintage2015
Bottles Per Case6
Bottle Size75
2 cases 10% offNo
Winery

Lytton Springs Vineyard is located on the bench and hills separating Dry Creek and Alexander Valleys, just north of Healdsburg, Sonoma County.
Soils: Varied, with a predominance of gravelly clay; gravelly clay loam on hillsides.
Age of Vines: Lytton East: zinfandel, petite sirah, and Carignane planted 1901 (32 acres) and 1910 (11 acres); zinfandel and petite sirah, planted 1997-1998 (5 acres),
Lytton West: zinfandel, petite sirah, carignane, re-planted 1953-1968 (26 acres); zinfandel and petite sirah, planted 1980’s (2.5 acres); zinfandel and petite sirah planted in 1990’s (42.8 acres); zinfandel, petite sirah, and carignane, in 2000’s (60 acres).
Training: Head trained (no trellis) spur
pruned.
Yields: 2.5 tons per acre

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