Ridge Vineyards Dry Creek Valley Lytton Springs Red Blend 2023 PET-NAT On the palate there is

On the palate there is apricot

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

finishing with white flower and herbal precision

metamorphic-tinged bedrock beneath barely any topsoil

Ridge Vineyards Dry Creek Valley Lytton Springs Red Blend 2023 PET-NAT On the palate there isRidge 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