Ridge Paso Robles Zinfandel (2024)

Benito Dusi’s Ranch is the only zinfandel vineyard that Ridge sources from within the Central Coast Viticultural Area. The 1967 vintage was our first wine from the Dusi Ranch. It was planted to zinfandel in 1922 which is unusual because Prohibition had started two years earlier. Purchased by Sylvester and Catarina Dusi in 1924, the property has been farmed since the 1940s by their son Benito, the owner. Benito passed away in 2019, leaving the care of the vineyard to his nephew, Mike.

Plush, rich expression with a nose of dark Morello cherry and strawberry jam. The palate shows generous fruit density with well-incorporated acidity and tannin, carrying into a juicy mid-palate of ripe blackberry and a lingering, vibrant finish.