2019 Ridge Vineyards Geyserville Alexander Valley Sonoma County 750 ml

As a preeminent producer of both Cabernet and Zinfandel, no one embodies California wine better than Ridge—and no bottle captures their magic better than their Geyserville Zinfandel blend. Bottled by Ridge for half a century and grown on their oldest vines, Geyserville is a true icon, and the 94-point 2019 delivers exactly what has made it a must-have among wine lovers and collectors.

This is a marquee bottle from a winery of unmatched pedigree: Ridge has been named North America’s #1 Most Admired wine brand (and #3 in the world) by Drinks International, and it's earned a place in Wine & Spirits Magazine's Top 100 winery 20 times.

Christie’s auction house says Ridge Zins are “equally impressive in terms of structure, length, and age-ability” as their Bordeaux-style wines, and we’ve tasted two- and three-decade aged Ridge Zin blends that back that up. 

“Geyserville is our longest-running bottling because it’s a site that’s allowed us to make wine every year. It really is the most perfect site for Zinfandel,” Ridge winemaker Eric Baugher told us when we last spoke. Grown on vines that are over 130 years old—the oldest that Ridge farms—the 2019 Geyserville is a field blend: The grapes are intermixed in the vineyard and then co-fermented, a process that imbues the wine with a balance that defies purely scientific explanation. 

The blend of Zinfandel, Carignane, Petite Sirah, and Alicante Bouschet shows a deep ruby-garnet color, with profuse black- and red-berry aromas accented by clove, allspice, cinnamon stick, and licorice. Full, ripe, and lush on the palate, it’s polished from beginning to end, finishing with velvety tannins that will allow it to age for a decade or more.