2022 Ojai Kick On Ranch Riesling [JD91]

Producer: The Ojai Vineyard  
Region: Santa Barbara, Central Coast, California 
Varietal: Riesling  
Year: 2022

Jeb Dunnuck, 91 Points 

"Bright lychee, grapefruit, and honeyed flower notes, as well as a kiss of classic Riesling petrol, emerges from the 2021 Riesling Kick On Ranch, a bright, refreshing, juicy Riesling with high yet integrated acidity, terrific balance, and a great finish. It's good today and will still be drinking nicely in a decade as well." 

Winemaker Notes: 

"Kick On Ranch gives a piercing expression of Riesling, one that’s striking in the way it blurs your sense of the familiar and the exotic. In this 2021 bottling you have this cool, stony kind of earthiness mingling with heady fragrances that make you think of drinking some cocktail in the shade of tropical beach palms—white tea, citrus peels and lemongrass at first, followed by a plethora of exotic flowers like ginger blossom and plumeria. There’s a penetrating zesty greenery throughout, with flavors of lime and soursop, but also softer golden hued layers of loquat and juicy pluots. The mineral crackle in the finish rounds out this altogether refreshing and engaging wine. As fun as this wine is in its youth, this wine ages gracefully into a more mineral regality, keeping all its exotic flair in an ethereal way." 

Alcohol: 13% 

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