Ridge Vineyards

Lytton Estate Dry Creek Valley Primitivo Carignan

8.917 ratings
-no pro ratings
Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
Carignan, Primitivo
Top Notes For
Brandon Boesch

Stunning! Tasting so good with some tannin and acidity balancing everything. Baking spice, clove, plums, cocoa, cedar, fresh green herbs. So freaking good and big fruit flavor with balance. So few wines like this.

Stunning! Tasting so good with some tannin and acidity balancing everything. Baking spice, clove, plums, cocoa, cedar, fresh green herbs. So freaking good and big fruit flavor with balance. So few wines like this.

Oct 1st, 2023
Rich Bluth

probably at peak now, nice fruit acid balance

probably at peak now, nice fruit acid balance

Jan 5th, 2023
Yen Boubel

Blackberry preserves, sweet tobacco & cured meat. Full & complex entrance but disappearing quickly from there. Medium tannins and acidity with ripe & juicy raspberry on the palate.

Blackberry preserves, sweet tobacco & cured meat. Full & complex entrance but disappearing quickly from there. Medium tannins and acidity with ripe & juicy raspberry on the palate.

Nov 21st, 2020
Rich Bluth

ready now...balanced wine good for an Italian meal.

ready now...balanced wine good for an Italian meal.

Apr 4th, 2020
Rich Bluth

I think this one could go a year or two more to soften up. Great wine now though.

I think this one could go a year or two more to soften up. Great wine now though.

Sep 21st, 2019
Teresa S

Yummy. Pepper tannins fresh fruit.

Yummy. Pepper tannins fresh fruit.

Sep 21st, 2019
Mark Seeber

A nice alternative for Italian (red sauce or beef dishes). A lot of acidity so it might work with a lemon/caper sauce with veal (Milanese). Cherry candy nose, strong tannin and spice evoking a Zinfandel but with less black pepper. Medium-long finish.

A nice alternative for Italian (red sauce or beef dishes). A lot of acidity so it might work with a lemon/caper sauce with veal (Milanese). Cherry candy nose, strong tannin and spice evoking a Zinfandel but with less black pepper. Medium-long finish.

Feb 2nd, 2018
Kimberly Anderson

Really different wine. Eucalyptus in the nose. Blackberry and spice mid. Fairly firm tannins with a slight girly graphite finish

Really different wine. Eucalyptus in the nose. Blackberry and spice mid. Fairly firm tannins with a slight girly graphite finish

Jan 14th, 2018
Steffen Weiss

Great primitivo.

Great primitivo.

Jul 21st, 2017
Rich Bluth

Rich had this a year ago

Rich had this a year ago

Apr 25th, 2023