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• veniceslug1 Likes this wine: 91 points

  August 10, 2018 - amazingly fresh and young. Beautifully balanced. showed up several wines that were five times as expensive. Nice black fruit, leather, spice. Very good with the steak and truffle flies.

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• dsvtec wrote: 92 points

  October 15, 2016 - Very subtle. Lots of fruit

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• fredb wrote:

  April 20, 2009 - Medium red in the glass. Aromas of dusty cherry, briar, and cinnamon bark. On the palate, this shows creamy cherries, cherry-vanilla liqueur, dust, and some floral notes. Spice and dusty tannins come in on the finish. Medium bodied. Mature and where I like my Ridge zins for primary fruit - still fruity, but integrated.

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• winemaker wrote: 92 points

  May 23, 2008 - This wine is incredibly smooth and harmonious. It has a nice creaminess, vanilla influence, but no overt sensation of toasted oak. Rich and delicious. Too bad this is my last bottle.

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• guitarguy wrote: 90 points

  January 20, 2008 - Smooth, well integrated zinfandel. This wine manages to avoid being overtly hot or alcoholic and does not have an unripe greenness that can plague zins. One of Ridge's better efforts in the millenium, the wine is a more of a dark crimson than purple. It has a nose of blueberry, maybe a hint of banana (perhaps a aldehyde, not the most pleasant part of the nose of this wine) and a waft of oak. It smells jut a bit like freshly polished dress shoes. The aldehydes/chemical constituents of the nose do not show on the palate. Fine, well integrated tannins frame berry, cherrry and hint of tar. The wine finish is just a tad short, maybe 15 seconds. Very appealing, especially with a well structured meal such as hamburger, tacos or italian sausage with tomato. I think the wine may have peaked a few months ago so I would put on the consume list for 2008-2009.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Ridge
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Buchignani Ranch
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma County
• UPC Code 744442811021

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• Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
• In Cellars 90 (47%)
• Consumed 101 (53%)

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