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Community Tasting Notes 12
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meniscus Likes this wine: 90 points
May 14, 2019 - Bottle: Purchased on release for $8.50. Stored in a passively cooled cellar (aka my basement). Bottom neck fill. Cork saturated 1/3rd.
Color: Beautiful ruby with garnet rim. It just glows!
Nose: Wow! Huge, complex nose of berry cobbler, vanilla, earth, tobacco.
Palate: Big and juicy on the palate. Bursting with fruit. Blackberries and plums. Good balancing acidity with a bit of tannin on the finish.
Feel like the other half of the bottle will be better tomorrow night.
Going through a mixed case of Ridge Zins from the mid '80s that I squirreled away 30 years ago has been fun. So far, this might be the best of the lot. -
zscheiner Likes this wine: 88 points
February 20, 2012 - Blind Tasting 1980-87 Ridge Geyservilles (Rich & Peggy's House, Los Altos, CA): Baked cherry and raspberry nose. Light to medium body with low to medium acidity. Plum, maturing, past its prime. (my 5th, group's 6th)
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psrv wrote: 86 points
March 18, 2011 - From 375. For a 25+ year old wine this was still lively. Popped and poured. Initially some alcohol on the nose which quickly blows off leaving aromas and flavors of tart cherries, strawberries, and leather. Unfortunately, the wine lost complexity and length the longer it was open. Drink soon.
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Old Tasting Notes wrote: 84 points
October 9, 2010 - Odd, almost minty nose, Sightly off note to it, but big spicy eucalyptus touch to it, not really loving it though.
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WetRock wrote:
December 23, 2009 - Impromptu Copains at Fratello's (Fratello's San Clemente): Bright brambly nose smelling much of Zinberry. Very bright on the palate, clean and lean with powerful acidity behind cherry fruits. Very good and showing more clearly like a Zin than other aged examples have to me. Not just holding up but doing very well. Very good.
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By Stephen Tanzer
Double Vertical of Ridge's Geyserville and Lytton Springs (Aug 2018), 8/1/2018 (link)(Ridge Vineyards Geyserville Sonoma County Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
11/23/2009 (link) 91 points(Ridge Geyserville) Group's #4 (my #2) – 23 pts; 0, 1, 1, 1, - medium red violet color; smoky, roasted meat, meat jus, pepper, anise nose; mature, pepper, tart plum, smoky meat jus, mincemeat palate; medium-plus finish 91+ pts. (90% Zin, 10% Petite Sirah)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1984
- Type Red
- Producer Ridge
- Varietal Zinfandel Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Geyserville
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Sonoma County
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 40 (62%)
- Consumed 25 (38%)
Food Pairing
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationSonoma County
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