2015 Ridge Petite Sirah Lytton Estate

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  9/26/2023 - JCMenendez Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Dense, rich, fruit forward with black and blue fruits but complicated with herbs. Still a bit grippy, yet very enjoyable and a great match for food.

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  12/28/2021 - Mike Dildine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  13% abv. Dark ruby, moderate aromatics. Ripe plum, black pepper, blackberry, hints of white flowers. Very deep and concentrated. Tannins about 3/4 resolved, this wine is entering an enjoyable drinking window. Probably good over the next decade and a half or more.

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  11/27/2021 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  100% Petite Sirah from the Lytton Springs vineyard in Dry Creek Valley. The harvest started with Petite Sirah on 21st of August, 2015 and ending on 12th of September. Fermented spontaneously as whole bunches, macerated with the skins for 5 days, aged in American oak (20% new, 40% second or third use, 40% fourth, fifth or sixth use) for 12 months. 13% alcohol.
  
  Dense, fully opaque blackish-red color with a youthful blueish hue. Remarkably closed and reticent nose with subtle aromas of fresh dark fruits, some sappy herbal tones, a little bit of wizened black cherry, light blueberry tones, a hint of vanilla oak and a touch of pipe tobacco. The wine is dry, firm and restrained on the palate with a medium body and dry flavors of fresh blueberries and crunchy crowberries, some sappy herbal tones, a little bit of ripe plummy fruit, light juicy cherry tones, a hint of toasty oak spice and a touch of mocha. The wine feels a bit lean with its combination of light fruit flavors, high acidity and quite assertive, grippy medium-plus tannins. The finish is long, moderately grippy and quite ripe yet still dry with flavors of fresh blueberries and dark plums, some vanilla tones, a little bit of sappy herbal spice, light toasty oak notes and a hint of elderberry.
  
  A wonderfully serious, fresh and not-clumsy Petite Sirah that manages to avoid the typical pitfalls of the variety: too much ripeness and excessive extraction. However, it is painfully obvious that the wine is years - if not decades - too young for consumption. The style is delightfully structure-driven, precise and crunchy, but the overall feel is super tightly-knit and the fruit department is mute as a carp, giving initially very little and even after an hour or two remaining very reticent. This wine really does need lots of age, I'd heartily recommend giving it some 8-10 years or even more, as it is in a very dumb phase at the moment, giving very little pleasure if opened now. If you're looking for a rich, supple and fruit-forward Sonoma wine here, keep looking - this wine it ain't. Perhaps a bit pricey for the quality at 39,95€, but things might change if the wine continues to evolve and improve over the years.

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  2/7/2021 - Cmainardi wrote: 91 Points

  Evolving. Much more drinkable than the last bottle.

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  8/3/2020 - MaineMark Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Most certainly drank this too young. The first night it was tight and muted. The second night (after a day with the cork pushed back in, in the refrigerator) it was much better, and quite enjoyable. I will wait 5+ years to drink my remaining bottles (and probably *should* wait 10 years...).

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