1997 Ridge Petite Sirah York Creek

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 91 points

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  4/5/2024 - ppmm wrote:

  Draper’s note on the back label recommends 3 or 4 years of bottle age from release (in May 1999). 25 years later, this is mature but by no means tired. Medium-deep ruby with a garnet edge, still showing some primary dark fruit on opening; with half an hour of air, it becomes a velvet slide of blue-black fruit, tar, and tobacco, with some fine tannin still on the finish. Deep and complex, and keeps getting better until the last drop. Excellent.

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  6/4/2020 - djs Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Just terrific. Some complexity. Lots of black fruits, plenty of tannin structure. Bravo

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  12/8/2018 - Duvnäs Wine wrote: 93 Points

  This is great. Still youthful almost purple on the color. Lots of black fruits both on the nose and palette. Tannins are starting to resolve but to be honest they have never been harsh. I will try my next, and last, bottle after 2025, but even then I won’t feel any rush. Fantastic wine.

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  12/30/2015 - beekeeper wrote: 94 Points

  The first sniff tells you it means business. By far the classiest and most balanced petite sirah I ever had. Inky dark with scarlet red at the rim, dark berries, plum, subtle touch of smoke and graphite. Medium bodied, long and fragrant. Tannins either gone or so well coated you do not notice. At peak but will likely stay there for a good while. Why wait? Enjoy them if you have them!

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  11/19/2012 - robmatic wrote: 89 Points

  A very slow aging wine. Still young and primary, rustic and a rough. With lots and lots of air, it started to liven up, but still probably needs some time in the cellar.

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