2005 Ridge 40th Vintage Geyserville

Community Tasting Notes (244) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  1/6/2024 - timewithwine Likes this wine:

  This blend – the 40th anniversary of Geezer - is 77% Zin and 17% Carignane, 6% Petite Sirah (no Mourvèdre). A nose of treacle, molasses, rhubarb, black currants, plum, Zin funk, and black walnuts rise to the occasion. They firmly knit a broad palate of fully resolved tannins and a near seamless mouthfeel. Coffee gives the final note of the long finish. A shadow of sediment all along the back as it lay in the cellar and two thirds the way around the neck as well. 14.6% alc.(!), but not a hint of heat at all. With beef bourguignon. 01.06.24. Recommended, leaning toward Highly Recommended.

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  6/29/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  A Ridge Tahoe Weekend; 6/29/2023-7/2/2023 (Edgewood Resort): I didn’t spend enough time with this wine because I wanted to get to the Monte Bello and once I got there it was hard to want to go back. From magnum. This is young and peppery and feels to me like it needs significantly more time to be anywhere close to ready. Would have been really interesting to compare this wine to the first vintage in 65.

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  3/13/2023 - fmoehl@yahoo.com wrote: 90 Points

  this held up real well. Great wine

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  12/19/2022 - Akatz821 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Really well stored bittle. Integrated tannins, clear fruit profile despite 15 yrs in bottle. Brambleberry, sage. West coast in fall with crunchy sticks and all that jazz. Really the Fruit is just top notch. Bits of smoke. Yummy!

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  12/4/2021 - wchrisw Likes this wine:

  Magnum. Opened evening of 12/3 with anticipation of drinking over next couple days. Did slow ox overnight and then small decant the following day hour before dinner. No cork issue which I often have with Ridge corks, used ah so. First “trial” tastes were delicious. Fresh, low acid, nose carried some tart cherry which followed on the palate. Red fruits, red licorice. Sleek and light. I thought this was lovely. Only bad news if you can call it that is that it really didn’t develop much over following 2 days( I recorked after second night). Stayed consistent which I guess is good.

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