94pts Jeb Dunnuck

The 2021 Zinfandel Paso Robles is all varietal and comes from the Benito Dusi Ranch in Paso Robles. It's more medium-bodied and elegant, with classic Zinfandel notes of red and black plums, peppery herbs, cigar smoke, and sweet spices. I love its forward, seamless texture, and it has soft tannins as well as flawless balance. It's another gorgeous 2021 from this team with so much to love. Enjoy bottles over the coming decade.

93pts Wilfred Wong of Wine

The 2021 Ridge Paso Robles Zinfandel is expressive and shows some of the grape variety's deeper nuances. This wine offers aromas and flavors of black fruits, licorice notes, and chalkiness. Pair it with an oven-roasted, lemon-accented chicken. 

93pts Wine Spectator

Captures the best of Paso Robles Zinfandel, deeply structured and appealingly briary, with notes of bright cherry, brown baking spices and orange peel that finish with fleshy tannins.

91pts Wine & Spirits

This starts out quiet, with scents of licorice, tar and soft, dark fruit. Three days later, it’s aromatically alive, yielding scents of carob, cinnamon, five-spice and pepper, with warm, plummy Paso fruit to cushion it.

Winemaker Notes

This Paso Robles Zinfandel shows the exotic spice typical of the vineyard and the freshness of firm acidity. Fifteen months in oak has brought these elements into balance.

Enjoyable on release, it will develop further over the next eight years.

Blend: 100% Zinfandel