2002 Ridge Zinfandel Late Picked Pagani Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (29) Median Score: 90 points

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  2/12/2023 - SMHalps Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A bottle that pre-dates my inventory on Cellartracker and therefore wasn't listed. I expected this to be dead, but it was GREAT. Full bodied, no hard tannic edges, I'm guessing it would have kept for many more years. I had it with Brown Rice Jambalaya as part of a Mardi Gras dinner with friends. It handled the spices and smoked sausage effortlessly, and was a great accompanyment to the food. It also would have been fine on its own. 15.8% alcohol (it didn't taste hot), 89% Zinfandel, 7% Alicante Bouschet, 4% Petite Sirah.

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  5/23/2018 - RichEB1 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  California Dreamin' - Double Blind - Zin/PS/Cab - 70's - 2009: Brief Notes - part of a larger blind tasting. In a Ridge late harvest/picked flight with a 95 Pagani, and 77 Geyserville, this was the groups WOTF, although I preferred the 77. Showing the most youthful of the 3, with deep blackberry notes, a nice mellow sweetness, and a long finish. Alcohol and oak well integrated and drinking nicely.

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  5/28/2016 - timewithwine wrote:

  Loads of Draper Perfume on this wine, but the mouthfeel, while full is a touch lighter than wine #2. Loads of rhubarb and cherry on this wine’s nose too. On the second tasting: OMG, loads of RS. This must be the Late Picked. The finish has a goodly dose of vanilla and brown sugar. Well made, but too sweet. While some loved the taste of this with the pork the best, no one (not even the sweet wine drinking in the group) ranked it as the top wine. It is the only wine at the end of the evening with wine remaining in the bottle (about 1/2 glass remaining). Heavy sediment all around the shoulder and neck. 15.8% alc. Recommended with reservations with a nod toward Not Recommended depending on your tolerance for RS in your Zin. All wines tasted with homemade dry rubbed smoked pork shoulder BBQ). 05.28.16 with good friends to celebrate Memorial Day holiday.

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  9/5/2014 - JBVino wrote:

  pedestrian. wine had only a modest presence w med structure and modestly thin in the mouth. alcohol was present element on palate. tough to find many redeeming qualities.

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  3/2/2014 - rsprouse Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Deep, intense, and still youthful. While this has just 0.2% RS according to the label, there is a ton of fruit that makes it seem slightly sweet, pairing well with some sticky pork ribs from the grill.

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