First produced in 1966, Geyserville is one of California’s great field blends, sourced from three adjoining vineyards on gravelly, river-stone soils left by an ancient Russian River washout. Predominantly Zinfandel with small amounts of Carignane, Petite Sirah and Mataro. Charming in its youth but really excelling with 5–15 years bottle age.

Ridge Vineyards earned its place among the world’s elite when its flagship Monte Bello famously outperformed leading Bordeaux at the historic 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting. In the now legendary blind tasting, French judges unexpectedly ranked several Californian wines ahead of France’s most celebrated estates, proving that the New World could rival Europe’s greatest regions. Today Ridge remains widely admired for producing some of California’s most elegant and ageworthy wines, guided by a philosophy of minimal intervention, native yeasts and transparent winemaking that allows the character of vineyard and vintage to shine.

"Enormously complex and full of personality. Lots of juiciness and briaryness, with notes of espresso, soy sauce and gaminess. Very rich, impressive and structured, 2020 was Ridge’s 55th consecutive vintage of Geyserville, a wine that many Ridge collectors consider the winery’s best Zinfandel blend. Its pedigree is uncontested. Made from old vines, some of which are more than 125 years old and 60% of which are 50 years old or older, leading of course to tiny yields. A historic field blend of approximately 69% Zinfandel, 20% Carignane, 8% Petite Sirah, 2% Alicante Bouschet and 1% Mataro (the old name used in California for Mourvedre). The grapes are grown in three adjoining vineyards, all of which are defined by an ancient washout of the Russian River that carried and deposited gravel and river stones to the site. Drink 2025-2040." Decanter