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Saturday, March 4, 2017 - this was one of the most amazing wines, having aged it for 20+ years- I will not do it justice, but overall, had to decant for over an hour- then it was opening up, hit it's ideal around 1.25 hours into meal, but started with champagne. Restaurant we went to for annivesary - by far one of the best kobe steak places-511 in akasaka tokyo japan, all about steaks. The scent was incredible- like a well aged bordeux from france- earthy, mossy, wow! initial taste was tight, which shocked me after being well aged in bottle in my cellar (and brought back from america to tokyo). Full of soft berry, plum- cedar-moss- again, like others, not doing it justice. Long finish lingered for almost a minute or more. Just simply amazing. Smell turned into the carmely/butterscotch i know some of my finer cabs from napa do- but the taste and essence, still strong earth. With steak it was simply sagoi/subarashii- amazing! This was a wine i will remember a long time. i have many of these bottles aging in my basement and i am looking forward to enjoying them once it is time. Ridge is one of the finest wow- and i guess a true value (though once aged, price would skyrocket).

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