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[852-147757]
Size: 750 ml
Vintage: 2005
Winery: Ridge
Country: California
Region: Sonoma County
Varietal: Zinfandel
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96% Zinfandel, 2% Petite Sirah, 1% Alicante Bouschet,1% Mataro (Mourvedre). Ridge made its first Pagani Zinfandel in 1991. The ranch, planted between 1896 and 1922, lies in the cool Sonoma Valley, where ripening is slow. In 2005, a cold, wet spring delayed the start of the growing season, as well as harvest, by two weeks. Fortunately, unusually warm weather in early October ripened the fruit, and we picked on November 1. Each parcel fermented on its own yeasts in a separate small tank. Color and tannin developed rapidly; we pressed in six days to avoid over-extraction. The natural malolactic finished in record time, allowing us to combine the best lots and rack them to air-dried american oak barrels for aging. The 2005 Pagani is lush, sensual, and elegant. It will develop further over the next five or six years.
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