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2006 Carlisle Zinfandel Montafi Ranch
4/29/2020 - redforlife wrote: 90 Points
How can this still be so good at this age? It's still quite dark with just a hint of bricking. The nose is blackberry but with a whiff of medicinal (alcohol?) but not unpleasant. Tastes of blackberry and that traditional zin flavor. Really nice - there must have been a time machine out there somewhere, this must be 10 years younger.
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1993 Ridge Zinfandel Pagani Ranch
12/6/2014 - redforlife wrote: 90 Points
Purchased in 1996, it wasn't supposed to turn into a science project - but somehow it lay hidden the cellar all these years. Back then my tasting group was young, enthusiastic and tempted by the zin fruit bombs of the mid 90s. 16.5 alc?: no problem. Searing alcohol levels, blackberry jam and oak chips? - more the better. I've evolved since then and these types of wines were of no more interest. This wine - is not that. The cork was sealed tight with the ulluge at bottom of the neck. The cork completely disintegrated and I had to decant and filter with a fine steel mesh screen. The color had softened just a touch with no perceptible browning - it just didn't look quite as intense as I remembered these. The nose still was intense but without the syrupy brambly sensation. It was more reminiscent of a bordeaux blend. No heat at all from it's stated 14.9% alcohol. In the glass it opened nicely and developed over an hour of so. Sure it wasn't what I remembered what was typical from 20 years ago from these wines, it was a pleasant surprise that I didn't expect.
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1994 Viader
12/7/2011 - redforlife wrote: 88 Points
My notes differ from the other recent tasters. I found this to be fading somewhat but there's a core of deep red fruits and some cedar and tobacco there. It's surely not a dead wine but I really wish I'd tried it a few years ago as I wonder what it was like in it's prime.
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