Opened for spaghetti. Solid red to orange on the rim. A little thinned out, certainly not the fruit bomb any more....but, Wow, superb nose of cherry Coke. Vanilla and cherry, with secondaries. Impressive fruit and length. No signs of being over the hill. One of the most impressive zins I have had in a while. Just rounding into form.
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(RIDGE INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL ZINFANDEL) 15.4% alcohol, BIG boy, COLOR-pitch black; NOSE-jammy, black currant, rich, blueberry, clove, mint; TASTE-if you want new world flavor w/ power & complexity--this is the wine, huge blue & black fruit, Asian spice, tobacco, tabasco on the finish "one of the finest $25 bottlles of California wine I've tasted in a long time". GV-92
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12/3/2016 - rama wrote:
Dark chocolate and raspberry jam. Tasty cocktail wine, though not what I'd expect from Ridge, and certainly not one with 13 years of age.
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2/13/2016 - jcarnahan wrote:
AWESOME - drink now and enjoy
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12/22/2015 - Senso-beak wrote: 94 Points
Opened for spaghetti. Solid red to orange on the rim. A little thinned out, certainly not the fruit bomb any more....but, Wow, superb nose of cherry Coke. Vanilla and cherry, with secondaries. Impressive fruit and length. No signs of being over the hill. One of the most impressive zins I have had in a while. Just rounding into form.
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11/12/2013 - helpagerman wrote:
probably a year too long in the cellar...
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9/15/2013 - Flavito wrote: 87 Points
A bit of heat at the end, certainly from de 15%+ alcohol, but otherwise a delicious, mature zin, great barbecue companion.
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