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2017 LYTTON SPRINGS $45.00 $40.50 $38.25

2017 PAGANI RANCH ZINFANDEL $40.00 $36.00 $34.00

2017 PONZO ZINFANDEL $35.00 $31.50 $29.75

2017 RANCHO LAMBERT $35.00 $31.50 $29.75

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Our customer service team is dedicated to ensuring each and every

one of our members has an exceptional experience. Whether it be

helping coordinate your shipments, answering questions about

the wines or vintages, or suggesting complementary activities on

your next wine country visit through our “Ridge Recommends”

concierge, we are at your service and excited to assist.

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AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR ZINFANDEL

The gold rush of 1849 brought many fortune seekers to the area

of Sonoma County now known as Healdsburg. Among them was the

C.L. Lambert family, after whom the nearby Lambert Bridge is named.

The ranch, five miles northwest of the Healdsburg Square, stretched

from the top of the mountains to the east, to the center line of Dry

Creek Valley to the west.

The Lamberts built a large and beautiful Gothic Revival house on

their new homestead. The arrival of the railroad in 1871 allowed the

Lambert and surrounding ranchos to flourish. Prohibition (1920-1933)

created chaos in the wine industry. Over the years, parts of the ranch

were sold off.

The Manoukian family purchased the Gothic Revival home, now sunken

into total disrepair, and the surrounding 4.5 acres in the late 1990s,

quickly re-planting the historic property to three acres of zinfandel

from the old Mazzoni clone. Located in the middle of Dry Creek Valley,

the deep, extremely well-drained soil, in combination with the warm,

west-facing slopes of this upper benchland make this site an ideal

location for zinfandel.

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RANCHO LAMBERT

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Jeff Finch, Mary Bagley, Cecilia Aguilar, Cathy Baker, Allison Mayo, Lauren Vieira (above, clockwise)

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RIDGE 2017PAGANI RANCHZINFANDEL

RIDGE 2017PONZOZINFANDEL

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RIDGE 2017LYTTON SPRINGS

74% ZINFANDEL

15% PETITE SIRAH

9% CARIGNANE

2% MATARO

Winemaker’s Notes:A season of

extreme weather began with heavy

winter rains that replenished the

water table. The vines rebounded

with a full crop, but record high

temperatures in July and August

reduced yields, especially in the

petite sirah. This concentrated

flavor and color, and after 14 months

in barrel, the wine is exceptionally

rich and complex. It will develop

more fully over the next ten years.

JO (11/18)

84% ZINFANDEL

7% PETITE SIRAH

7% ALICANTE BOUSCHET

2% MATARO

Winemaker’s Notes: Heavy

winter rains and a warm spring

created ideal growing conditions.

To even ripening, we dropped a

third of the crop in the young vines.

Always the last zinfandel vineyard

we harvest, 2017 was no exception.

We picked the young vines October

3rd and the old vines four days later.

Incredible concentration from the

old vines and the bright acidity

typical of this vineyard make this

wine enjoyable over the next ten

years. JO (8/18)

98% ZINFANDEL

2% PETITE SIRAH

Winemaker’s Notes:This vineyard,

in the cool Russian River Valley,

set a full crop that ripened evenly

despite a heat spike in late August

that caused sugars to rise rapidly.

We harvested all three vineyard

blocks by September 9th, three

weeks earlier than usual. The

old vines contribute depth and

richness; the young vines add

elegant, layered fruit. Enjoyable

upon release, this sumptuous

zinfandel will develop over the

next five years. JO (5/18)

F I R S T E V E R B O T T L I N G

95% ZINFANDEL

5% PETITE SIRAH

Winemaker’s Notes:This is our

first release from this small three

acre vineyard. Perched on the

benchland of Dry Creek Valley,

the twenty-year-old zinfandel vines

have small, compact clusters.

Seven days of fermentation

extracted plentiful color and full,

supple tannins. Fourteen months

aging in american oak adds

spice to the layered briary fruit.

Approachable as a young wine,

this exemplary zinfandel will

develop with a further six to

seven years of cellaring.

JO (1/19)

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