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Manage Subscriptions1993 Ravenswood Zinfandel Old Hill
Zinfandel
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Sonoma Valley
Community Tasting Notes 13
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enthusiastic_amateur Likes this wine: 90 points
March 11, 2024 - Still retaining jammy fruit with some stewed character. Tannins are still strong, wonder if they will ever soften.
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Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 93 points
February 2, 2024 - From Joel's Library sale...decanted the sediment out and poured back in bottle...gorgeous nose of sweet cassis, cherries, mint, leather, humidor, old cellar dust. Very healthy looking with redberry prominent...still has a tannic/oak bite to it...dusty white pepper and oak barrel char...little heat poking out(14.5) but not off putting...the fruit is hanging in there...showing more zinberry than claret, which you see happen with quality aged zins...love the "rednesss" in this...raspberry cherry liqueur...licorice...really getting even more intense zin-ness with air...seems like it could go 30 more years no prob? LIKE it! Not the elegance I thought I would get with the age...still quite savage and rustic...but the flavors are fantastic...and it gives great pleasure knowing that the bottle went straight from the maker to my glass!
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klezman wrote:
March 3, 2021 - Quite the wine! Not totally "wow", but very very good. Still with plenty of fruit and tannin remaining, even seemed ever so slightly reductive at points. Red fruits, some dried fruit as well, spices, touch of mint maybe? Still retains a "zinny" character as well.
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MotoMannequin Likes this wine:
May 11, 2019 - Remarkably fresh. Decanted off significant sediment to a light ruby-garnet color. Red fruit on the nose. Tart cherry and black tea palate. Mature but still a long life ahead.
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Not647f wrote:
November 12, 2016 - When first opened, this was disgustingly bretty. In a series of these Ravenswood Old Hills, which supremely qualify as old vine and old wine, this was the worst. But the brett blew off pretty well and the wine was certainly drinkable. Fruit was still present, but probably nowhere near as abundant as when the wine was younger. This was an interesting contrast to the Bucklin Old Hill Zin (this is Will Bucklin's vineyard from which he now makes wine) I had a while back. This Zin can survive to great age, but brings its best within probably 6 years of vintage. By the end of the night, I was enjoying this among the sea of interesting old Cali (mostly) offerings on the table.
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By Stephen Tanzer
July/August 1998, IWC Issue #79 (link)(Ravenswood Winery Zinfandel Old Hill Sonoma Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1993
- Type Red
- Producer Ravenswood
- Varietal Zinfandel
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Old Hill
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Sonoma Valley
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- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 61 (45%)
- Consumed 75 (55%)
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- VarietyZinfandel
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationSonoma Valley
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