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Red
1986 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Santa Cruz Mountains
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Community Tasting Notes 13
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chatters wrote:
December 10, 2023 - Early Christmas lunch (with KC) (KC's place): Tidied this up with a rack of lamb and asparagus - Note from earlier this year applied; quite red hued fruit with fresh acid
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chatters wrote:
March 13, 2023 - Coravin fun - Ridge range (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Leather, earth, mushroom, red hued fruit; cranberry, currant, a little vanilla and sweet spice. Juicy, slightly dilute cranberry fruit, a little tannic burr tugs the back palate joined by some non-intrusive alcohol warmth with helps carry the finish long. Nice but, like the 93 Lytton Springs, drink up.
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WetRock wrote:
November 12, 2020 - Carrying along quite well. Clearly quite mature and maybe a touch better a few years ago. The darkness still here is remarkable. Not really doing a lot in terms of expression. You'd definitely expect more given the age and source. So it's quite good but a notch below where you might expect. It's a great mature Bordeaux blend otherwise. It's funny that the prices are finally shooting up quickly on these sorts of bottles 30 years later.
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chatters wrote:
January 15, 2020 - Coravin fun - Ridge range; 1/15/2020-1/17/2020 (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Leather, earth, toasted vanilla, sweet spice, a little blackcurrant, bramble and raspberry lozenge backed by cedar. in the mouth it's sourly juicy, red and blackcurrant, chalky tannins are still very present and, with time, a little rhubarb note is evident. Long with a little alcohol warmth and the merest whisper of vanilla on the finish. This one is defo in the tidy me up phase but yummy none the less...
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April 8, 2018 - Coravin fun - Ridge range (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Leather, baked earth, brambles, red currant, sweet spice. Juicy acidity, very mineral, subdued, but present and slightly jubey, fruit. Lightweight chalky tannins, plenty of leather on the palate as well. Fully mature and really very nice.
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By Richard Jennings
5/19/2013 (link) 90 points(Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet) Bricking very dark red violet color; quite mature, tobacco, old leather, tart currant nose; very tart currant, tobacco, leather palate with good acidity; medium-plus finish (95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc; 11.9% alcohol)
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By Richard Jennings
3/9/2008 (link) 92 points(Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet) Dark bricking red color with pale meniscus; lovely mature, iodine, porcini mushroom nose; tasty, tart cassis, tart plum, iodine palate, like a mature Pauillac; medium finish 92+ pts. (95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1986
- Type Red
- Producer Ridge
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
- Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 8 (29%)
- Consumed 20 (71%)
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationSanta Cruz Mountains
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