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Adams Ranch Vineyard by Ledge 2019
Adams Ranch Vineyard
by Ledge 2019
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Producer : Ledge Vineyards
Region : Paso Robles (USA), USA (USA)
Bottle Per Case : 6 x 750 ml
Food Pairing : Red Meat
Tasting Notes
Checking in as a blend of 62% Syrah, 34% Grenache, and the rest Roussanne that's all from the cooler, sandy soils of the estate on the westside of Paso Robles, the 2019 Adams Ranch Vineyard offers a lighter ruby/purple hue (it's not opaque) to go with an incredibly perfumed nose of black raspberries, white pepper, melted licorice, olive tapenade, and peppery herbs. It starts out reticent and closed but blossoms with extended time in the glass and offers incredibly complex nuances as well as medium to full-bodied richness, ultra-fine tannins, and incredible length. As with the 2018, this required lots of air (I followed this bottle for two days), so don't be afraid to throw this in a decanter if drinking any time soon. It will benefit from 3-4 years of bottle age and keep for 15+."
97 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
Specs
| Bottles Per Case | 6 Pack |
|---|---|
| Point Score | 97 |
| Cellaring | Drink Now or Cellar |
| Sweetness | XD - Extra Dry See Sweetness Chart |
| Bottle Size | 750 ml |
| Producer | Ledge Vineyards |
| Region | Paso Robles (USA), USA (USA) |
| Style | Intense and bold reds |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Farming Method | Sustainable |
| Grapes | 34% Grenache, 62% Syrah / Shiraz |
| Food Pairing | Red Meat |
| Descriptors | Earthy, Floral, Fruity, Mineral |
| Wine Type | Red |
| Wood Presence | Oaked |
| Body | Full |
| Price of Case | $779.94 |
The Producer
Ledge Vineyards
Ledge Vineyards was founded by Mark Adams in 2005 after a life in music and sound effects for Sony in Los Angeles. Mark's parents had bought the land in Paso Robles - now called Adams Ranch Vineyards - in the mid-1970s to raise cattle and grow the occasional grain crop. It wasn't until 2005 that Mark decided to plant the first grapes, mostly on sand and clay. The Adams Ranch Vineyard rapidly expanded to include Syrah, Grenache and Mourvédre which was entirely own-rooted. It was largely dry farmed as the baby vines matured, but now the vineyard is a robust 15 acres planted to Syrah, Grenache, Roussanne, Mourvédre, Cinsault and Counoise. The soils are a sandy clay loam, terra rosa, and gravelly rolled stones, and the property literally rests on a sandstone ledge at the base of the Santa Lucia Mountain Range, thus the name Ledge Vineyards.
To get some experience, Mark turned to childhood pal Justin Smith, a well-respected winemaker and vineyard consultant who gave him a job working at Saxum and its James Berry Vineyard just a mile from his land. His position at Saxum affords him access to fruit from a lot of unique and heralded vineyard sites. For example he is one of just two producers to work with Zinfandel fruit from the Dusi Vineyard (the other one is Turley). In addition to Adams Ranch, Mark and his wife Ciera currently work with James Berry Vineyard in Willow Creek AVA, Saxum Estate Vineyard and Dante Dusi Vineyard in Templeton Gap AVA, and G2 Vineyard in Willow Creek AVA.
In 2009, Ledge had its first estate harvest of the Adams Ranch Vineyard Syrah, which included a small amount of co-planted Grenache and Mourvedre. In 2010 the first full block of Grenache was planted. It was at this time that the wines began to take on a personality of their own, influenced as much by terroir as by winemaking style. The wines are a bit lower in alcohol than is typical for the area, and have a trademark freshness and complexity due to the sandy soils and neutral oak aging. Always exposed to experimentation at Saxum, Mark began to move toward his own winemaking paradigm, with partial whole-cluster inclusion and wild yeast fermentation. By the time the 2010 and 2011 vintages were in bottle, Ledge wines had carved out a reputation for being uniquely elegant Paso Robles wines, and as some would say, old-world in style!
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