2009 Ridge Carignane Buchignani Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  3/4/2023 - oakville72 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Hard to find a distinguishing characteristic of Carignane, but this one has a nice vinous character flavored with American oak. Holding up well. Tasted twice.

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  5/28/2022 - VinCA wrote:

  An excellent example of a well-aged Carignane. Brambly fruit, forest floor, beautiful blackberry. Tannins are soft and well integrated. This is a pleasure to drink.

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  8/6/2016 - Martin Redmond Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Deep almost inky purple violet color with enticing brambly and earthy black and red berry, and floral aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, with a very smooth texture and well-behaved tannins with blackberry, red currant, baked raspberry, fig and vanilla flavors, and a lengthy finish 14.1% alcohol 100% Old Vine Carignane

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  4/26/2016 - sbfern wrote: 88 Points

  It smells and drinks like blackberry, cranberry, soy sauce, tobacco, molasses, raspberry, honey, tea and dust. The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are fast. There is no sediment in the bottle.

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  6/5/2015 - kosinski wrote:

  Considerably more mature than when I tasted a year ago.
  Aromas of wet earth and mushrooms with some berry jam.
  Rich and plummy with a soft velvety texture, mature tannin and moderate acidity. Meaty notes. Some spice and minerals in the background. Nicely complex and fully mature. Good food wine. Drink now.

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