Ample fruit with soft tannins this well balanced wine is still holding up- drank with a selection of California Cabernets-almost everyone in our wine group thought it was a cab
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Cellared at 55 since purchase upon release. Medium translucent surprisingly brightish ruby w pigment thinning ambering at rim w 2sh mm meniscus. Now the fun starts fresh pure thinly concentrated cherry raspberry cinnamon black tea notes on nose echoed on palate w lively focusing acids and clandestine tannins that come out of the background only at close leaving a nice astringency inviting this drinker to take another drag. Super juice and tremendous vindication for keeping a cellar.
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Surprise surprise as this wine is alive and well-a little past it’s prime but plenty of fruit, smooth, soft tannins and slight musty smell. Tastes like a cab and enjoyed by all.
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Definitely still in its drinking window, As is often said to be the case with older zin & zin blends, however, it’s more like a claret than a zinfandel. Subdued fruit notes are woven with earth, button mushroom, and black tea, atop silky smooth tannins. Just a wisp of spice on the close. A nice way to start off a few 25th anniversary year wines.
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A nice surprise at 25 years old. Really nice nose. Black cherries, raspberry on the palate. Fruit is definitely still there with a mature undertone. Drink up and enjoy.
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Not surprisingly, this is still in very good form. The exuberance of youth has faded from the fruit, and what remains is a fully mature, but still quite fresh, medium-bodied wine with soul and grace. The more of these older Ridges I drink, the more I'm (even more!) convinced that Paul Draper is a genius's genius, and his palate, and growing philosophy are the stuff of legend. Continued to unfold over the course of a two hour dinner, but in a subtle, almost linear way. The color is holding fast, though this is clearly on the backside of its peak now, so drink up within the next 6-10 years (depending on how cold your cellar is). 14,3% abv. A joy to drink. recommended+
PnP, served non-blind; cork and fill in exc. condition.
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Another beautiful, mature Ridge Zin. Firehouse brick red appearance. Deep, penetrating bouquet. Bottle aged cherries, pickled strawberries, sous bois, au jus, and leather aromas. Full bodied, resinous, and expressively long, the palate displays impressive fruit purity and a glyceriny texture. Crushed rocks fill the lovely finish. Long aftertaste.
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Old bottle from cellar, initially uninspiring, but opened up an hour plus later Lovely Berry Fresh Fruit, but with a bordeaux maturity, was a big surprise as I thought it would be past it's best, finish was long spicy and heavenly, Just goes to show always try your old bottles, sometimes it can be amazing Definitely Zinfandel can be great when old, absolutely gorgeous!!!!
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From memory. Drank this with Wes, Matt, Brandon and crew. Double-decanted. Beautiful dark fruit with fresh tobacco, a hint of dill, herbs, and earth. Elegant but still with moderately full weight. Unlike the 1989 Trentadue, this was more about fruit rather than being claret-like. But still very lovely.
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Sarsaparilla, cocoa, caramel, red zinger tea, strawberry. Oak is resolved, a touch herbal, faintly meaty, still fresh despite everything else. A great bottle.
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Slightly past its prime, but this charmer offered a lot of earth, spice and tobacco character. I remember this from years ago. The fruit is not what it used to be. But most of us are not what we used to be either. Drink up.
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Ridge Zinfandel 1994-2010 (Brussels): Brick colour. Very developed on the nose, dark fruit but gives a clumsy impression with a heavy mouthfeel and an unwanted woody impression.
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Showing really well for a 19 year old field blend. Great nose of blueberry, cherry, flowers, hints of pepper and tobacco. On the palate lush but light with black cherry, raspberry, tobacco, blueberry, pepper. Nice balance on the finish with a little bit of grip that made me believe that well stored bottles should have some more life in them.
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Sweet fruit nose but not at all jammy. Well integrated smoky oak notes. Elegant on the palate, beautifully balanced with creamy strawberry and raspberry fruit and spicy tobacco layered with cinnamon. Oak is very well handled adding complexity and interest. There's a refreshing acidity and very light, soft tannin. Delicious wine with a long finish.
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How long does it take to turn a spicy zin blend into a complex and round perfectly balanced wine? I am guessing a little under 18 years. What a beautiful, full and complete wine. Lots of fruit and spice and earth on the nose. The palate is a blueberry, cherry and red raspberry Creme tart...just beautiful!
I am biased toward 94 Geyserville as it was part of my initial wine education. Coming back to the 94 after all of these years was a wonderful reward for both the patience to save one and to my wine journey in general. thank you, Paul Draper!
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Tastes more like an older southern rhone than a zin. This wine is showing very well tonight, with black fruit, cassis, earth, pepper and smoke flavors, smooth texture, nice acidity and balance.
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Purchased for $19.99 in 1996. Mid neck fill. Cork broke upon extraction. (68% Zinfandel, 20% Carignan, 8% Petite Sirah, 4% Mataro.) 14.3 % alcohol. Good color with browning evident. Spicy bouquet. Drying fruit on palate - starting to fade. Not hot or alcoholic. Stylish, but at least 5 years past prime. This was never a one dimensional fruit bomb, just a typical Ridge claret like Zin. Film of sediment inside of bottle and in the last glass full. Making old bones but drink up! 87/100.
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Blind, you might pick this as a 10 year old Bordeaux. Mature fruit, (almost) integrated oak, enough tannin left to hold the structure together. If you look for it, you can find the plum and briary characteristics of Geyserville, but that distinction has been gently buffed away. Needed a little time in the decanter to pull itself together, but when it did, it was lovely. Really delicious with rack of lamb and a potato gratin.
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Last two bottles from a case. This was an excellent wine to track over the past 14 years. There was bottle variation between these last two, and variation was clearly observed over the last 4 bottles from the case. Corks were in perfect condition, level was high. First bottle exhibit slight bricking; second appeared younger. Well balanced. Time to finish your bottles of this wine!
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EWG does Zins and Sliders @ Conrad's: Big difference to the 91 Lytton, having more rustic and aged qualities. Maybe the purity of the 91 accentuated the slightly muddled quality of this wine. Still very good but walking the line of beginning to sing out of tune.
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EWG does Zinfandel and Sliders (Conrad Green's Abode): Subtle complex nose with a touch of oxidation. Clean feeling yet somewhat dirty in expression. Dark and rich with plenty of grip. Some heat and it seemed a bit advanced to me. This displayed the Old World qualities that these old Geezers often can but I think this bottle was a bit passed its prime to me. Good but probably not its best showing.
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This wine was tasted one month ago and was very enjoyable, in fact, we gave it a 93. The current bottle was terrible--strong port nose--obviously oxidized with a lot of bricking. Both bottles were 375 mls. and bought in the late 90's. They had been stored together in a pristine wine environment. Hard to believe that the one was so bad. Corks were fine, no apparent problems. I believe it was oxidized and not corked.
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We drank an identical 375 ml. bottle of this wine a few weeks ago and remarked how much we liked it. This bottle, however, was gone--terrible. It had a strong Port nose and had obviously oxidized. Both bottles were bought in the late nineties and were stored together in an optimal environment. It's amazing that one was still good and the other completely gone. Both corks were fine, no apparent problems. The bad wine of course had bricked considerably.
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Zin Thing 2009: Lightning Round selection. From the excellent 1994 vintage and still very good. This bottle seemed to have less depth of flavor that the last one consumed 2 years ago. Balanced, nice bouquet.
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From 750, a neighbor's recent Ridge library purchase. Soft cork, needed an ah-so, but the wine was [very] sound. Possibly a little reductive at the pop, given 15 mins of air a sweaty sock nose faded to nice soft faded fruit, earth, hints of spice n leather. On the palate, nice up front and middle, fading a little on the finish. Hint of stewed or plummy fruit, but nicely juicily acidic. Tannins have faded to non-existence, and a lovely clean finish, if a little short. One of my favorite wines in several weeks.
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Some bricking at the edge. The nose is complex...the fruit has taken a back seat to aromas of earth and spice. On the palate it's a bit thin...def in the middle of a downhill slide. Although there's still plenty here to enjoy. Drink up.
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Geyserville Vertical (My House): nose: more earthy, higher in alcohol. boozy, almost. I also got a toast aroma (but that could have been the fault of the appetizers near by...) palate: some alcohol on the palate, darker fruits and a shorter finish in comparison to the rest of the flight.
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Plummy fruit, sweaty saddle leather, licorice and autumn leaf. Drinks like a 20 year old Bordeaux. A pretty wine that is just a little past its prime and not as lively as the 1995 version consumed recently. Do not wait long on this one.
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Joe and Amy's wedding. Syil;l dark fruit but no longer berryish. A little tannin remains, along with good acid balance. Has matured nicely and is holding well, but no reason to wait longer.
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One of Joe's bottles if I recall correctly. Deep ruby in color, still fairly youthful looking in the dim light. Bright red fruit aromas mingle with a touch of leather and mint. Racy red fruit flavors on the palate, almost juicy. Drinking very well.
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Delightful old wine, old world nose of plum, dried cherry, cedar, leather and a floral edge. Soft palate of earthy red fruit and a touch of licorice. Tannins are resolved with a nice acid balance on the finish. Full of character. Drink soon as it is losing its punch and focus.
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Forthcoming nose, rich, ripe fruit, sweet, confirmed on palate, round, plummy, gentle - a lovely balanced mature wine, just on the downward slope a 90 at least.
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from a 1.5l bot directly from the winery.....amazing. Balanced, lots of fruit, still youthful. Not a port in disguise. Best bottle of Zin I've had in ages.....
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($20) WS gave this one a 91 and a spectator selection - it should be awfully tasty - I'll have to double check the description to see if I agree with what they have to say After tasting, I don't taste the same things that Wine Spec tasted- they say cedar and cu
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lighter nose & body than expected, some thought a bad bottle, no corkiness, others loved it, but muted earthy, peppery briary & red fruits, not as layered or as long as other bottles
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1/6/2024 - simpen9 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Otroligt av en snart 30-årig Geyserville, lagra dessa!
Utvecklad doft och mycket komplex smak, mogna röda och mörka bär.
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4/22/2022 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Bill's. Silky red fruit, lighter bodied than the '92 before it and it acquired a lot of caramel as it sat in the glass. Excellent.
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11/12/2021 - ocwineo wrote: 90 Points
Ample fruit with soft tannins this well balanced wine is still holding up- drank with a selection of California Cabernets-almost everyone in our wine group thought it was a cab
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7/16/2020 - Tgood Likes this wine: 96 Points
Cellared at 55 since purchase upon release. Medium translucent surprisingly brightish ruby w pigment thinning ambering at rim w 2sh mm meniscus. Now the fun starts fresh pure thinly concentrated cherry raspberry cinnamon black tea notes on nose echoed on palate w lively focusing acids and clandestine tannins that come out of the background only at close leaving a nice astringency inviting this drinker to take another drag. Super juice and tremendous vindication for keeping a cellar.
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2/15/2020 - ocwineo Likes this wine: 90 Points
Surprise surprise as this wine is alive and well-a little past it’s prime but plenty of fruit, smooth, soft tannins and slight musty smell. Tastes like a cab and enjoyed by all.
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5/19/2019 - EMTAME wrote: 90 Points
Definitely still in its drinking window, As is often said to be the case with older zin & zin blends, however, it’s more like a claret than a zinfandel. Subdued fruit notes are woven with earth, button mushroom, and black tea, atop silky smooth tannins. Just a wisp of spice on the close. A nice way to start off a few 25th anniversary year wines.
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3/2/2019 - Adam T 12 Likes this wine: 90 Points
A nice surprise at 25 years old. Really nice nose. Black cherries, raspberry on the palate. Fruit is definitely still there with a mature undertone. Drink up and enjoy.
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1/14/2018 - Jaber wrote: 90 Points
Still alive. Nicely balanced.
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12/26/2017 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
Not surprisingly, this is still in very good form. The exuberance of youth has faded from the fruit, and what remains is a fully mature, but still quite fresh, medium-bodied wine with soul and grace. The more of these older Ridges I drink, the more I'm (even more!) convinced that Paul Draper is a genius's genius, and his palate, and growing philosophy are the stuff of legend. Continued to unfold over the course of a two hour dinner, but in a subtle, almost linear way. The color is holding fast, though this is clearly on the backside of its peak now, so drink up within the next 6-10 years (depending on how cold your cellar is). 14,3% abv. A joy to drink. recommended+
PnP, served non-blind; cork and fill in exc. condition.
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9/10/2017 - Baron Slick wrote: 92 Points
Another beautiful, mature Ridge Zin. Firehouse brick red appearance. Deep, penetrating bouquet. Bottle aged cherries, pickled strawberries, sous bois, au jus, and leather aromas. Full bodied, resinous, and expressively long, the palate displays impressive fruit purity and a glyceriny texture. Crushed rocks fill the lovely finish. Long aftertaste.
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5/27/2017 - Georgebazil Likes this wine: 93 Points
Old bottle from cellar, initially uninspiring, but opened up an hour plus later
Lovely Berry Fresh Fruit, but with a bordeaux maturity, was a big surprise as I thought it would be past it's best, finish was long spicy and heavenly,
Just goes to show always try your old bottles, sometimes it can be amazing
Definitely Zinfandel can be great when old, absolutely gorgeous!!!!
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5/1/2016 - James Kim wrote: 93 Points
From memory. Drank this with Wes, Matt, Brandon and crew. Double-decanted. Beautiful dark fruit with fresh tobacco, a hint of dill, herbs, and earth. Elegant but still with moderately full weight. Unlike the 1989 Trentadue, this was more about fruit rather than being claret-like. But still very lovely.
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4/9/2015 - andtheodor wrote: 92 Points
Sarsaparilla, cocoa, caramel, red zinger tea, strawberry. Oak is resolved, a touch herbal, faintly meaty, still fresh despite everything else. A great bottle.
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12/19/2014 - andtheodor wrote: 90 Points
Leather, cedar, jerky bouquet. Still large framed and savory in the mouth, smoke, cocoa, orange peel. Not the greatest old Geyserville but tasty.
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12/18/2014 - Doc90 wrote: 92 Points
Bottomless nose of classic saddle leather. Saddle leather palate with earthy nuances of damp moss and wild sage. Long finish.
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9/22/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 89 Points
Slightly past its prime, but this charmer offered a lot of earth, spice and tobacco character. I remember this from years ago. The fruit is not what it used to be. But most of us are not what we used to be either. Drink up.
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3/23/2014 - Bisty Does not like this wine: 86 Points
Ridge Zinfandel 1994-2010 (Brussels): Brick colour. Very developed on the nose, dark fruit but gives a clumsy impression with a heavy mouthfeel and an unwanted woody impression.
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3/21/2014 - elledeca wrote:
Ridge Zinfandels vertical: crumbly cork in both bottles. fruity and still going, but I prefer the Lytton
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2/17/2014 - GalvezGuy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Showing really well for a 19 year old field blend. Great nose of blueberry, cherry, flowers, hints of pepper and tobacco. On the palate lush but light with black cherry, raspberry, tobacco, blueberry, pepper. Nice balance on the finish with a little bit of grip that made me believe that well stored bottles should have some more life in them.
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10/27/2013 - pkatz wrote: 88 Points
Showing some age but pleasant.
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5/25/2013 - jshearer Likes this wine:
No formal notes, but this was showing very nicely. An elegant and still-balanced zin.
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10/24/2012 - Darren747 wrote: 93 Points
Sweet fruit nose but not at all jammy. Well integrated smoky oak notes. Elegant on the palate, beautifully balanced with creamy strawberry and raspberry fruit and spicy tobacco layered with cinnamon. Oak is very well handled adding complexity and interest. There's a refreshing acidity and very light, soft tannin. Delicious wine with a long finish.
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7/26/2012 - unionst wrote: 95 Points
How long does it take to turn a spicy zin blend into a complex and round perfectly balanced wine? I am guessing a little under 18 years. What a beautiful, full and complete wine. Lots of fruit and spice and earth on the nose. The palate is a blueberry, cherry and red raspberry Creme tart...just beautiful!
I am biased toward 94 Geyserville as it was part of my initial wine education. Coming back to the 94 after all of these years was a wonderful reward for both the patience to save one and to my wine journey in general. thank you, Paul Draper!
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8/23/2011 - no leashes wrote: 90 Points
Tastes more like an older southern rhone than a zin. This wine is showing very well tonight, with black fruit, cassis, earth, pepper and smoke flavors, smooth texture, nice acidity and balance.
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6/17/2011 - aagrawal wrote: 79 Points
Bonham's and Butterfield Pre-auction tasting (San Francisco): Over the hill. Lost fruit, drying. Didn't show well today. 79
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5/8/2011 - 41hijinx wrote: 87 Points
Purchased for $19.99 in 1996. Mid neck fill. Cork broke upon extraction. (68% Zinfandel, 20% Carignan, 8% Petite Sirah, 4% Mataro.) 14.3 % alcohol. Good color with browning evident. Spicy bouquet. Drying fruit on palate - starting to fade. Not hot or alcoholic. Stylish, but at least 5 years past prime. This was never a one dimensional fruit bomb, just a typical Ridge claret like Zin. Film of sediment inside of bottle and in the last glass full. Making old bones but drink up! 87/100.
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2/24/2011 - stubbie999 wrote:
Blind, you might pick this as a 10 year old Bordeaux. Mature fruit, (almost) integrated oak, enough tannin left to hold the structure together. If you look for it, you can find the plum and briary characteristics of Geyserville, but that distinction has been gently buffed away. Needed a little time in the decanter to pull itself together, but when it did, it was lovely. Really delicious with rack of lamb and a potato gratin.
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11/13/2010 - winecat9 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Last two bottles from a case. This was an excellent wine to track over the past 14 years. There was bottle variation between these last two, and variation was clearly observed over the last 4 bottles from the case. Corks were in perfect condition, level was high. First bottle exhibit slight bricking; second appeared younger. Well balanced. Time to finish your bottles of this wine!
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5/30/2010 - jasonh wrote: 89 Points
EWG does Zins and Sliders @ Conrad's: Big difference to the 91 Lytton, having more rustic and aged qualities. Maybe the purity of the 91 accentuated the slightly muddled quality of this wine. Still very good but walking the line of beginning to sing out of tune.
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5/30/2010 - WetRock wrote:
EWG does Zinfandel and Sliders (Conrad Green's Abode): Subtle complex nose with a touch of oxidation. Clean feeling yet somewhat dirty in expression. Dark and rich with plenty of grip. Some heat and it seemed a bit advanced to me. This displayed the Old World qualities that these old Geezers often can but I think this bottle was a bit passed its prime to me. Good but probably not its best showing.
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4/25/2010 - edge wrote: 92 Points
Original purchase wine which was well cellared. Still lots of fruit and drinking beautifully.
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12/26/2009 - jpwines wrote:
This wine was tasted one month ago and was very enjoyable, in fact, we gave it a 93. The current bottle was terrible--strong port nose--obviously oxidized with a lot of bricking. Both bottles were 375 mls. and bought in the late 90's. They had been stored together in a pristine wine environment. Hard to believe that the one was so bad. Corks were fine, no apparent problems. I believe it was oxidized and not corked.
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12/26/2009 - jpwines wrote:
We drank an identical 375 ml. bottle of this wine a few weeks ago and remarked how much we liked it. This bottle, however, was gone--terrible. It had a strong Port nose and had obviously oxidized. Both bottles were bought in the late nineties and were stored together in an optimal environment. It's amazing that one was still good and the other completely gone.
Both corks were fine, no apparent problems. The bad wine of course had bricked considerably.
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12/5/2009 - winecat9 wrote: 90 Points
Zin Thing 2009: Lightning Round selection. From the excellent 1994 vintage and still very good. This bottle seemed to have less depth of flavor that the last one consumed 2 years ago. Balanced, nice bouquet.
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11/27/2009 - jlgnml wrote: 93 Points
Pizza night with best friends (Our House): Sharp in the glass. great color and fruit. awesome and lots of flavor.
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10/22/2009 - Squirreljam wrote: 92 Points
From 750, a neighbor's recent Ridge library purchase. Soft cork, needed an ah-so, but the wine was [very] sound. Possibly a little reductive at the pop, given 15 mins of air a sweaty sock nose faded to nice soft faded fruit, earth, hints of spice n leather. On the palate, nice up front and middle, fading a little on the finish. Hint of stewed or plummy fruit, but nicely juicily acidic. Tannins have faded to non-existence, and a lovely clean finish, if a little short. One of my favorite wines in several weeks.
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10/18/2009 - brl75 wrote: 90 Points
Some bricking at the edge. The nose is complex...the fruit has taken a back seat to aromas of earth and spice. On the palate it's a bit thin...def in the middle of a downhill slide. Although there's still plenty here to enjoy. Drink up.
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4/18/2009 - tarheel17 wrote:
Geyserville Vertical (My House): nose: more earthy, higher in alcohol. boozy, almost. I also got a toast aroma (but that could have been the fault of the appetizers near by...)
palate: some alcohol on the palate, darker fruits and a shorter finish in comparison to the rest of the flight.
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11/1/2007 - pgordon62 wrote: 90 Points
Plummy fruit, sweaty saddle leather, licorice and autumn leaf. Drinks like a 20 year old Bordeaux. A pretty wine that is just a little past its prime and not as lively as the 1995 version consumed recently. Do not wait long on this one.
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8/19/2007 - cweiss wrote:
Joe and Amy's wedding. Syil;l dark fruit but no longer berryish. A little tannin remains, along with good acid balance. Has matured nicely and is holding well, but no reason to wait longer.
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4/18/2007 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
One of Joe's bottles if I recall correctly. Deep ruby in color, still fairly youthful looking in the dim light. Bright red fruit aromas mingle with a touch of leather and mint. Racy red fruit flavors on the palate, almost juicy. Drinking very well.
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4/14/2007 - buckeye76 wrote: 91 Points
BLACK CHERRIES, OAK, AND MINT IN THE NOISE WITH BLACK CHERRIES IN THE FLAVOR AND A MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH.
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3/20/2007 - pgordon62 wrote: 90 Points
Delightful old wine, old world nose of plum, dried cherry, cedar, leather and a floral edge. Soft palate of earthy red fruit and a touch of licorice. Tannins are resolved with a nice acid balance on the finish. Full of character. Drink soon as it is losing its punch and focus.
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1/14/2006 - Rupert wrote: 90 Points
Forthcoming nose, rich, ripe fruit, sweet, confirmed on palate, round, plummy, gentle - a lovely balanced mature wine, just on the downward slope a 90 at least.
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9/4/2005 - luko wrote:
from a 1.5l bot directly from the winery.....amazing. Balanced, lots of fruit, still youthful. Not a port in disguise. Best bottle of Zin I've had in ages.....
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7/24/2004 - thewinelake wrote: 90 Points
UK wine-pages Geyserville Vertical (London): A real character, this one. Hard to resist its rough charms - a Del Boy of a wine. I like it!
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6/25/2001 - dbg wrote:
outstanding!
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7/1/2000 - OneLastSyrah wrote:
($20) WS gave this one a 91 and a spectator selection - it should be awfully tasty - I'll have to double check the description to see if I agree with what they have to say After tasting, I don't taste the same things that Wine Spec tasted- they say cedar and cu
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12/5/1999 - dbg wrote:
lighter nose & body than expected, some thought a bad bottle, no
corkiness, others loved it, but muted earthy, peppery briary & red
fruits, not as layered or as long as other bottles
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