1993 Ridge Vineyards Geyserville
Alexander Valley, USA
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- Most Recent Global Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 70 / 750ml
- From October 2025
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3.5 from 2 User Ratings
- 3 Critic Reviews
- Style Red - Rich and Intense
- Grape Variety Red Blend
- Food Pairing Lamb
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Organic Sustainable
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Special labelling for Geyserville 50th Vintage for vintage 2015.
Producer tasting notes: (1993 vintage) "Ruby, hints of purple. Guava, passion fruit. Sweet vanilla,spice, wood aromatics. Complex and exotic, with underlying elements of blueberry, candied orange rind, ripe peach, raspberry, mint. Vanilla, raspberry, blueberry. Beautifully defined briar/ bramble component. Peach and peach stone, slight earthiness. Elegant and balanced, firm acid— an exquisite wine. Drink now or hold. Or both." - Ridge Vineyards
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1993 750ml
Ridge Geyserville [I10464586]
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Highlights
Grape Variety / Blend
60% Zinfandel, 22% Carignan (Carignan), 12% Petite Sirah (Durif), 4% Alicante Bouschet & 2% Mourvedre (Monastrell)
Details
About the Product
- Producer Notes
- We extract color, flavor, and tannins from the grapes without the use of commercial enzymes or nutrients. We voluntarily provide a list of actions and ingredients on all our labels to show how little intervention is necessary to produce a fine, terroir-driven wine from distinctive fruit.
- Drinking Window
- 1995-2003
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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14.5%
- Sweetness
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Dry
Production Attributes
Indigenous Fermentation
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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American
- Ownership
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Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd.
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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Ridge has made the Geyserville as a single-site zinfandel in every year since 1966. The grapes are grown in three adjoining vineyards on a defined stretch of gravelly soil approximately one-and-a-quarter miles long and a half-mile wide.
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- Vintage Notes
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Since 1966—and our first wine from this exceptional vineyard—we have made a Geyserville in every vintage. The late spring and cool nights in ’93 pushed back the growing season, but warm days toward the end of September fully ripened the fruit. In November, we tasted the separate lots from each of sixteen small fermentors, assembling the best to make this rich, elegant wine. As is typical with the Geyserville, it is both approachable and enjoyable as a young wine. Its chalky tannins add structure, and the potential for extended aging.
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- Winemaking
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Full Crush, 100% floating cap. Natural primary and natural secondary (malolactic) fermentations; daily pump-overs; pressed at six days. Fresh estate grown grapes, hand harvested. Fermented on the naturally-occurring native yeasts, followed by a full malolactic on the naturally occurring bacteria. No inoculation.
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- Ageing
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100% air-dried American oak barrels (20% new, 2% one year-old, 22% two years-old, 25% three years-old, and 22% four years-old and 9% five years-old). Aging: Twelve months in barrel.
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- Producer Tasting Notes
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Ruby, hints of purple. Guava, passion fruit. Sweet vanilla,spice, wood aromatics. Complex and exotic, with underlying elements of blueberry, candied orange rind, ripe peach, raspberry, mint. Vanilla, raspberry, blueberry. Beautifully defined briar/ bramble component. Peach and peach stone, slight earthiness. Elegant and balanced, firm acid— an exquisite wine. Drink now or hold. Or both.
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(1)Details
About the Product
- Producer Notes
- We extract color, flavor, and tannins from the grapes without the use of commercial enzymes or nutrients. We voluntarily provide a list of actions and ingredients on all our labels to show how little intervention is necessary to produce a fine, terroir-driven wine from distinctive fruit.
- Drinking Window
- 1995-2003
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
-
14.5%
- Sweetness
-
Dry
Production Attributes
Indigenous Fermentation
- Maturation
-
Oaked
- Oak Type
-
American
- Ownership
-
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd.
- Closure Type
-
Cork
- Vineyard Notes
-
Ridge has made the Geyserville as a single-site zinfandel in every year since 1966. The grapes are grown in three adjoining vineyards on a defined stretch of gravelly soil approximately one-and-a-quarter miles long and a half-mile wide.
Read more
- Vintage Notes
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Since 1966—and our first wine from this exceptional vineyard—we have made a Geyserville in every vintage. The late spring and cool nights in ’93 pushed back the growing season, but warm days toward the end of September fully ripened the fruit. In November, we tasted the separate lots from each of sixteen small fermentors, assembling the best to make this rich, elegant wine. As is typical with the Geyserville, it is both approachable and enjoyable as a young wine. Its chalky tannins add structure, and the potential for extended aging.
Read more
- Winemaking
-
Full Crush, 100% floating cap. Natural primary and natural secondary (malolactic) fermentations; daily pump-overs; pressed at six days. Fresh estate grown grapes, hand harvested. Fermented on the naturally-occurring native yeasts, followed by a full malolactic on the naturally occurring bacteria. No inoculation.
Read more
- Ageing
-
100% air-dried American oak barrels (20% new, 2% one year-old, 22% two years-old, 25% three years-old, and 22% four years-old and 9% five years-old). Aging: Twelve months in barrel.
Read more
- Producer Tasting Notes
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Ruby, hints of purple. Guava, passion fruit. Sweet vanilla,spice, wood aromatics. Complex and exotic, with underlying elements of blueberry, candied orange rind, ripe peach, raspberry, mint. Vanilla, raspberry, blueberry. Beautifully defined briar/ bramble component. Peach and peach stone, slight earthiness. Elegant and balanced, firm acid— an exquisite wine. Drink now or hold. Or both.
Read more
Awards
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Critics Scores & Reviews
(3)1993 vintage
90 / 100
3 scores
95 - 100
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90 - 94
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85 - 89
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80 - 84
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75 - 79
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0 - 74
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When to drink: 1995 to 2003
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User Ratings
(2)3.5
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Vintage
Critics Score
Avg. Price (ex-tax)
All
92 / 100
$ 57
2023
93 / 100
$ 57
2022
93 / 100
$ 56
2021
92 / 100
$ 57
2020
91 / 100
$ 55
2019
92 / 100
$ 60
2018
93 / 100
$ 56
2017
92 / 100
$ 55
2016
93 / 100
$ 63
2015
93 / 100
$ 88
2014
92 / 100
$ 67
2013
91 / 100
$ 89
2012
91 / 100
$ 77
2011
90 / 100
$ 64
2010
89 / 100
$ 75
2009
91 / 100
$ 188
2008
89 / 100
$ 98
2007
90 / 100
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2006
91 / 100
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2005
91 / 100
$ 80
2004
88 / 100
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2003
91 / 100
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2002
90 / 100
$ 118
2001
90 / 100
$ 105
2000
89 / 100
$ 72
1999
90 / 100
$ 137
1998
89 / 100
$ 80
1997
92 / 100
$ 230
1996
90 / 100
$ 138
1995
90 / 100
$ 122
1994
90 / 100
$ 216
1993
90 / 100
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1992
90 / 100
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1991
91 / 100
$ 156
1990
89 / 100
$ 88
1989
87 / 100
$ 138
1988
93 / 100
$ 98
1987
88 / 100
$ 205
1986
88 / 100
$ 205
1985
88 / 100
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1984
86 / 100
$ 321
1983
93 / 100
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1982
–
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1981
85 / 100
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1980
87 / 100
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1979
89 / 100
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1978
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1977
–
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1976
96 / 100
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1975
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$ 787
1974
91 / 100
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1973
93 / 100
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1972
92 / 100
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1971
–
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1970
87 / 100
$ 590
1969
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1968
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1967
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1966
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1993 Vintage: California Learn more
Vintage quality: Good
Current condition: Likely past it
For California, the 1993 vintage was average overall, with some standout wines.
The winter brought some much-needed rain. Heavy rain impacted the month of May, damaging yields. The rest of the summer oscillated between hot and cool weather, but the grapes only started to...
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