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Ridge Estate Chardonnay 2022

Name: Ridge Estate Chardonnay 2022
Brand: Ridge Vineyards
SKU: 744442479009
Price: 95.0 GBP
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Producer Ridge Vineyards

Country USA

Region Santa Cruz Mountains & Sonoma County, California

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America Biodynamic California Chardonnay Fine Wine Fruit Forward Minimal Intervention Oak Organic White Wine

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More About Ridge Estate Chardonnay 2022

A seriously impressive Chardonnay from Ridge Vineyards, made entirely from estate-grown fruit in the Monte Bello vineyard of California's Santa Cruz Mountains. The cool, elevated site gives the wine plenty of freshness, while whole-cluster pressing, native fermentation and 15 months in mostly older American oak give it plenty of texture and depth without turning it into an oak bomb. The 2022 vintage is rich and concentrated, but still carries the bright acidity that makes Ridge's Chardonnay so distinctive.

There's loads of ripe fruit here, with pineapple, lemon curd, pear and apricot alongside brioche, flint and gentle vanilla spice. The palate is rounded and generous, with a lovely combination of creamy texture, citrusy acidity and subtle savoury oak, finishing long, clean and slightly mineral. A big, serious California Chardonnay, but one with plenty of freshness underneath it.

Meet the Producer, Ridge Vineyards

Ridge Vineyards

Style: Winery

If California wine has a shortlist of genuinely historic producers, Ridge sits very close to the top. Not because it follows trends particularly well, but because it mostly ignores them and keeps making wine that ages beautifully instead.

The story begins on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where vineyards were first planted in the late nineteenth century. Ridge itself emerged in the 1960s before becoming one of the defining names in American wine under legendary winemaker Paul Draper.

Monte Bello remains the flagship. A Cabernet-based wine grown high above Silicon Valley that somehow combines power, freshness, minerality and longevity in a way very few California wines manage. It became internationally famous after the Judgment of Paris tastings, but the wine itself has never really changed direction chasing fashion.

The Zinfandels deserve equal respect. Geyserville and Lytton Springs helped prove old-vine Zinfandel could produce serious, site-driven wine rather than simply huge alcohol and jammy fruit. Blackberry, spice, dried herbs and remarkable balance remain the signatures.

What keeps Ridge relevant is that many of the things now discussed endlessly in wine, vineyard expression, minimal intervention and transparency, were already part of the philosophy decades ago. The labels may look almost unchanged from the 1970s. Thankfully the wines still hold up remarkably well too.