Ridge Vineyards Dry Creek Valley Lytton Springs Red Blend 2023 PET-NAT metamorphic-tinged bedrock beneath barely any

metamorphic-tinged bedrock beneath barely any topsoil

40% of this wine is 2015 Pinot Meunier from the village of Chambrecy

and beautifully textured—a reminder that dry German Riesling is among the world's greatest food wines

which buys it more depth than its party-bottle reputation would suggest

Ridge Vineyards Dry Creek Valley Lytton Springs Red Blend 2023 PET-NAT metamorphic-tinged bedrock beneath barely anyRidge is about as close as America comes to wine royalty, and while Monte Bello gets the headlines, Lytton Springs is the bottle that makes the case week in and week out. It is a genuine field blend from old Dry Creek Valley vines Zinfandel out front, with Petite Sirah, Carignane and Alicante Bouschet planted right alongside and picked together, the way it was done a century ago. That co planting is exactly what keeps it from turning into a big, jammy