Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs 2024 (1.5L Magnum)

97 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
“The 2024 Lytton Springs is so vibrant and resonant. The purest, most crystalline black cherry fruit explodes from the glass, highlighted by a technicolor array of citrus peel, gamey elements and wild, heady violet florals. With aeration, the 2024 deepens dramatically, embracing a well of truffly earth tones and serious minerality that lend dynamism and intrigue. Chalky tannins have already integrated quite a bit in bottle, but the 2024 is a wine that will clearly cruise for two decades, likely more. The Lytton and Geyserville were neck and neck from barrel, but the Lytton has taken the lead (albeit by a smidge) from bottle, egged on by an incredibly long finish. Magnificent..”

96 Points, Decanter 
A classic old field blend from Ridge’s Lytton Springs vineyard in Dry Creek Valley, initially planted between 1901 and 1910. Winemaker Shauna Rosenblum ferments each block separately, then chooses the best lots to blend into this bottling. Savoury aromas, with an earthy character and dried flowers, and a curious old-library note. A warmer vintage than 2023, it keeps the Zinfandel in a dark, brooding-fruit zone, though brighter highlights of tart citrus and a thread of minerality lift it – helped, perhaps, by a tiny 1% addition of Grenache to the blend this vintage.

95 Points, James Suckling
“One of the most structured, concentrated and powerful of Ridge’s old-vine zinfandel-dominant reds. Packed with blueberries, raspberries, orange zest, chocolate, turned earth and new leather. Delicious, detailed and deep. Drink now or hold.”