Ridge Estate Geyserville Zinfandel 2018

The 2018 Geyserville is an infant. That much is obvious, especially in this lineup of otherwise more settled 2018s. Ripe Zinfandel flavours drive the overall profile. A blast of wild cherry, leather, tobacco, smoke, licorice, menthol, and spice hit the palate first, followed by swaths of tannin and a touch of new oak that suggest the wine still needs time to come together. Readers should be in no rush. I am not sure that 2018 will ever be truly refined, as it is quite burly today. Aeration helps to some degree.

68% Zinfandel, 20% Carignane, 10% Petite Sirah and 2% Alicante Bouschet.