1993 Ridge Zinfandel Pagani Ranch

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  7/26/2020 - europat55 wrote: 90 Points

  Nose: B++ Palate: B++

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  1/2/2017 - Zinlady Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Wow wine was still big. Compared to Seghesio 2014 and it beat it. Lots of fruit. Good color. Had with a Chicken stew. Only flaw was not a long finish

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  12/23/2015 - dlduchon wrote: 84 Points

  Cork was in pretty good shape. Fruit has faded, alcohol predominates but smooth finish. Nose of alcohol and perhaps dried fruit. Still drinkable and interesting to drink at this age. I think in this era even Ridge moved away from its balanced, restrained style. Thankfully the zin world has moved back to making more balanced wines.

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  1/3/2015 - Cote d'Or wrote:

  Decanted, tasted over 3 hrs
  -med dark red, minimal bricking
  -brambly dark red fruit, oak
  -med acidity, dense mid-palate with soft almost lush feel, some ripe black fruit, earthy elements, still some chalky slightly dried out tannins, oak appears on lingering long finish, minimal heat
  -still very much alive, quite good

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  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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