Ridge Three Valleys 2008: Why Can't They All Be This Good?

I don't mean that the Ridge Vineyards Three Valleys 2008, Sonoma County, is the kind of wine that brings you to your knees,

makes you want to kiss the earth and thank your lucky stars that you're alive. Those wines are rare. What I do mean is that this is a reasonably priced, thoughtfully crafted, quietly confident wine that dictates no extremes and tole…