Ridge Coastal?

[wondersofwine]

I got into an argument (well, really a discussion) with the Simi winemaker about blended Ridge zinfandels at the California Barrel Tasting. I was saying that I wished Draper would make the Lytton Springs from 100% zinfandel grapes and the Simi guy was saying why? His take was that the winemaker uses the best blends for the best-tasting wine. He thinks without the other grapes, people would not like the Lytton Springs as much as they do. I said I thought I might like it even more. He did point out (as Tom Hill, I believe, said on another wine forum) that the Ridge Pasa Robles is 100% Zinfandel. I have not yet seen that to try it. But I'm in a quandary as to when to open a Ridge Lytton Springs zinfandel because some say the fruitiness fades if you wait too long, but I think the tannin in the petit syrah, etc. makes it too tannic to enjoy at three or four years.