94pts Wilfred Wong of Wine.com

The 2021 Ridge Lytton Spiring Red Wine (primarily made with Zinfandel) offers a potpourri of attractive nuances.

TASTING NOTES: This wine shows aromas and flavors of sweet spices, cinnamon, and blackberries. Try it with a rosemary, garlic-infused roast leg of lamb.

Winemaker Notes

The most traditional Gavi is vinified from grapes of exuberant young vineyards located in the heart of Rovereto of Gavi, place worldwide known as the "Gran Cru of Gavi"; their perfectly balanced aging lends the wine its typical fresh, dry taste. Light straw in color with aromas typical of Gavi, fine and pleasantly fresh. Delicate, very dry, characterized by a fairly marked acidulous notes.

Winery Notes

Ridge's history begins in 1885, when Osea Perrone, a doctor and prominent member of San Francisco's Italian community, bought 180 acres near the top of Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He planted vineyards and constructed a winery of redwood and native limestone in time to produce the first vintage of Monte Bello in 1892. The historic building now serves as the Ridge production facility.