Ridge, Lytton Estate Syrah Grenache, Dry Creek Valley

Tasted at Ridge Getaway Weekend 7/12/25 - very smooth & balanced - lovely

2006 vintage

Deep purple color. Great nose. Unusual 50/50 Blend. Really unique flavor. Even now, the fruit and tannins are still there.

2006 vintage

Couleur grenat assez sombre. Nez où l’on retrouve des arômes de petits fruits foncés cuits, cerises macérées, le cigare (tabac frais), les épices et le bois vanillé. En bouche les tannins sont présents mais pas agressants, le fruit foncé y est, tout comme les épices, le tabac, des saveurs qui rappellent la figue et un boisé qui enrobe le palais. C’est bon, c’est long, mais il manque à mon avis le facteur « wow » que j’ai d’habitude avec les …

2006 vintage

Delicious

2006 vintage

This was huge. All the Cabernet elements were here on the nose, cassis, liquorice, black cherries. This could only be from California. Bold, chewy wine, still tannic and unevolved but there is great density of fruit. A wine with critical mass, like a blackcurrant trying to be a black hole. Pulls you in for sure. Loved it.

2006 vintage

USA WIMPS #183 28th November 2024 (La Trompette, Chiswick) : 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot. Coconut oak, rose-hip sorbet, some bresaola meatiness and a touch of ash. Palate is youthful and tart with some clarety cassis characters that develop with air. Good stuff.

2006 vintage

Strong American oak and menthol on the nose. Wine was balanced with lovely fruit and some tertiary notes but perhaps lacking some concentration and length. A nice wine but didn’t wow me.

2006 vintage

Very nice but it is obvious that it is near the end. Glad it is my last bottle.

2006 vintage

Birthday Dinner (Hawksmoor Seven Dials) : All the characteristics you expect from a somewhat mature Ridge cab - cigar box nose, the vanilla from the American oak with good structure and a spine of lovely acidity. I do think, though, that this was a tricky period for Ridge - it doesn’t quite deliver in the way that wines from the 80s / 90s and 2010s seem to.

2006 vintage

this was much better than the last bottle and improved surprisingly and considerably in the glass - best after an hour or so - lovely!

2006 vintage

This one never disappoints. Still have another one.

2006 vintage

This bottle was clearly better than last year's. Substantial fruit all the way through. Very well balanced. Similar to a very good right bank Bordeaux. In a nice window. Give it some air.

2006 vintage

I think I have left this too long - the fruit has faded leaving quite a dry, dark brooding wine that at the very least needs quite robust food

2006 vintage

Life's too short. This isn't my cup of tea. Low acidity and no tannins... Isn't going away anywhere soon, and also won't grow. Deep, rich and a definition of Cassis/black currants in wine.

2006 vintage

Beautiful nose with dark cherries, blackberries, vanilla and dried medeteranian herbs. Taste follows the nose,very delicate yet structured. This is drinking perfect now.

2006 vintage

Cork shows next to no ingress. Deep, rich purple still. No light gets through and barely a tinge of bricking. Vanillin oak, redwood and plum nose. A touch warm and rich. Sort of cedary Cab up front on the palate but with a more plum Merlot middle. The middle is weaker though and the Cab seems barely near maturity. Maybe I'm overexplaining for my own contentment. Medium grip and expressive acidity. This has a nice Bordeaux like character after a …

2006 vintage

A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (56%), Merlot (42%) and Petit Verdot (2%) from the Monte Bello vineyard in Santa Cruz Mountains. The harvest started on 18th of September and ended on 25th of October. Destemmed, fermented spontaneously, macerated with the skins for 9 days. The wine was blended using 19 separate fermentation lots, selected from a total of 36 different ferments.. Aged in American oak (first 5-6 months in 100% new, then the remaining 15 months in 54% new, 28% …

2006 vintage

Structure was so nice — very fine, long tannin and high acidity. Cedar, balsamic, jammy and dried fruit. Touch oxidized. Very nice.

2006 vintage

Really beautiful color, stands out in the glass. Nice delicate nose with cherries, vanilla, thyme/herbs, and dark forest berries. Very delicate on the palate, this wine is not overpowering. Elegant is the key note here and alcohol and oak seamlessly integrated. Nice long finish with smooth tannins. This has held up nicely and I will drink remaining bottles within 1-2 years.

2006 vintage

Very popular when served to friends this weekend. Classy.

2006 vintage

This has been a great wine over the years. Never disappoints.

2006 vintage

The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry. It tastes like blackberry, apricot and black pepper. The body is full. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

2006 vintage

Very solid wine, licorice, cigar box, cassis, integrated oak. Good, solid mouthfeel, nice grip. A bold and harmonious wine with early, pronounced aging. Sits well.

2006 vintage

A big hit with my friends. Great finish.

2006 vintage

Decanted for a good hour. Ripe and rich as one expects with a good dollop of an oaky dynamic albeit soft and assimilated. Solid wine, very giving and a lot more on the richer side rather than its more focused older brother the Montebello. Still and adjusting for price can give the MB a good run for its money. Very good 91 and with easily another 10 years in the tank.

2006 vintage

Quite tight - should have decanted it. Strong fruit. Plum and blackberry with a fine dusting of cocoa. Tell tale oak. Very good all around.

2006 vintage

Sublime in every way. Cigar and cedar box, Dusty, plummy fruit. With age, American Oak always reminds me of Cool Ranch Doritos. Decanted for just over an hour and it continued to open throughout the evening. I expect it last a few more years though I don’t expect a significant increase in quality.

2006 vintage

Drinking really well! Consume now!

2006 vintage

Pnp. Beautiful, elegant wine. More earth tones than fruit. Great balance. Jim was blown away. Very, very good. Drinking great right now.

2006 vintage

No rating - wine was dead.

2006 vintage

Served w lamb chops. Black cherry & plum aroma & flavors.

2006 vintage

Holding up quite well. I can't say that this is fading at all yet. Integrated tannins. In the perfect drinking window with dark berry fruit. Very fine sediment at the very end and not much of it. Drink now and over the next few years.

2006 vintage

french minerality. delicious drinker

2006 vintage

Nicely done, rich and dark Syrah core, with lively Grenache notes, balanced, medium finish.

2006 vintage

Mineral and bright fruit on the nose. Jammy, cedar and tart cherry. Nice balance of tannin and acid well matched w spicy red sauce.

2006 vintage

Per previous reviews plum, raspberry, grenache style, agree on the alcohol content a bit hot, we drank on cooler side

2006 vintage

Grenache gives this wine a bit more bite at this tasting. A great Rhone style as others have said. Earthy and fruit flavors still ahone. Took over 3-4 hours to open up and the alcohol still tasted a bit hot. I recommend drinking the wine on the cooler side for a red.

2006 vintage

Drink up. This is the last of my 3 bottles and the first showed best.

2006 vintage

Fruit, vanilla, beautiful acid and tannin balance

2006 vintage

2006 Ridge California Lytton Estate Grenache +++ $28 As French as domestic Rhone styles get. Salubrious. http://8wordsonwine.blogspot.com/2012/05/2006-ridge-california-lytton-estate.html

2006 vintage

More complex than the '07 Unti Grenache consumed immediately before it, but probably not delivering as much sheer pleasure. I enjoyed this closer to cellar temperature, as the syrah seemed to overshadow the Grenache contribution (50/50 blend) as it warmed up. Probably has another 1-2 years of peak drinking left in it.

2006 vintage

B'day bottle with Jilly's braccole.

2006 vintage

Sunday at home with Jilly's lamb stew with lentils. Herb and Elaine over.

2006 vintage

I do enjoy these Ridge Rhone ATP wines and I think the Syrah/Grenache works particularly well. Not necessarily great QPR compared to a CdR, but or even some of the US CdR-type wines (i.e. Bedrock's Shebang). Still, the acidity and the well-integrated American Oak make this work quite well with food and the Ridge-ness of the wine is so distinctive that you just can't not enjoy it.

2006 vintage

California take on a Cotes du Rhone. This is really well done, with good juicy fruit and some complicating notes of earth. Wish I had more.

2006 vintage

Spicy, jammy, peppery blackberries, good concentration, with a drying sensation in the finish.

2006 vintage

Drinking well. Nice ripe fruit with good finish. Was even better the second day.

2006 vintage

With Porterhouse and roast potatoes. Dark Burgundy, almost opaque, young and clear. Gorgeous nose, sweet fruit lingering. Big deep wine, good structure, blackberry etc. Long, long finish. Marvelous wine, enough structure to balance the fruit. Still young.

2006 vintage

Great wine. Big, big dark fruit. Some big tannins and a lot of alcohol. Will get better.

2006 vintage

Through a miscommunication with Ridge, I ended up with 4 bottles of this, instead of my usual 2. I did pay for all of 'em, but I'm still glad that the mistake led me to stock up on this wine. As with many of the Ridge ATP Rhone wines, this seems like a very very good CdR, with the nice addition of the American Oak. Good flavor, some really nice tannins, and quite good acidity (better than usual for Ridge …

2006 vintage

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