About Ridge Vineyards – Lytton Springs
One of the world's great wine estates at Healdsburg — Ridge's eco-sustainable straw-bale and vineyard-clay Lytton Springs winery surrounded by 115-yea
Ridge Vineyards' Lytton Springs estate is one of the most historically significant and internationally acclaimed wine sites in the entire Dry Creek Valley.
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Ridge Vineyards' LyttonRidge Vineyards' Lytton Springs estate is one of the most historically significant and internationally acclaimed wine sites in the entire Dry Creek Valley.
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The 115-year-old ZinfandelThe 115-year-old Zinfandel vines that surround the eco-sustainable winery building — constructed of compacted rice straw bales covered with clay from the vineyard itself, primarily solar-powered — have been producing wine of extraordinary concentration and complexity since 1905, making this one of California's oldest and most historically continuous Zinfandel sites.
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Ridge's philosophy —Ridge's philosophy — 'pre-industrial' winemaking that avoids modern additives and industrial methods in favor of natural fermentation, minimal processing, and single-vineyard estate sourcing — has produced wine at Lytton Springs since 1972 that consistently ranks among the world's most critically acclaimed and food-first Zinfandel expressions.
"One of the world's great wine estates at Healdsburg — Ridge's eco-sustainable straw-bale and vineyard-clay Lytton Spring"
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Featured Wines
Zinfandel
Lytton Springs Zinfandel
Dry Creek Valley / Lytton Springs Estate
The Ridge Sonoma County flagship — Lytton Springs estate Zinfandel from 115-year-old Dry Creek Valley vines surrounded by the eco-sustainable straw-bale winery, consistently ranked in Wine Spectator's Top 100 for pre-industrial old-vine concentration and food-first complexity.
Estate
★★★★☆
Zinfandel Field Blend
Geyserville
Alexander Valley / Geyserville
Ridge's most beloved annual release — Geyserville field blend of Zinfandel, Carignane, Petite Sirah, and Grenache from old Alexander Valley vines, a California wine institution that has been produced with Ridge's pre-industrial philosophy since 1966 and consistently earns 92–96 point recognition.
Estate
★★★★☆
Petite Sirah
Lytton Estate Petite Sirah
Dry Creek Valley / Lytton Springs
Ridge's most structured Lytton Springs expression — estate Petite Sirah from the 115-year-old Dry Creek Valley vineyard site, dark, concentrated, and showing what pre-industrial winemaking of old-vine Petite Sirah on the Lytton Springs benchland terrain consistently produces.
Estate
★★★★☆
White Blend
Lytton Springs White
Dry Creek Valley / Lytton Springs Estate
Ridge's most unusual Lytton Springs expression — estate white blend from the old-vine Dry Creek Valley property showing what pre-industrial minimal-addition philosophy produces in white varieties from the 115-year-old estate's most unexpected vineyard blocks.
Estate
★★★★☆
Tasting Experiences
Book on Tock →Seated Estate Appointment
Daily appointment surrounded by 115-year-old Zinfandel vines in the eco-sustainable straw-bale winery — Lytton Springs Zinfandel, Geyserville, and Petite Sirah at Top 100 quality from Ridge's pre-industrial philosophy. Winery-exclusive wines available only at Lytton Springs.
$60
Historical Vineyard Tour
Monday–Friday seasonal tour through the 115-year-old Lytton Springs vineyard estate — Ridge's history and pre-industrial philosophy in the old vines, concluding with rarely featured library wines. Optional salumi board with locally sourced meats and cheeses.
$125
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