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Community Tasting Notes (193) Avg Score: 91.2 points

  • Amazing wine. Drank at 13 years

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  • No real difference from my note in August when I mentioned the wine’s “[a]bundant cherry, plum, Draper perfume, molasses, coffee and mocha.” It’s all there with perhaps the mocha more dominate in the finish. Very much like a claret with its near-seamless transition from attack to mid-palate to long finish. Excellent fruit on the attack. Balanced with round, integrated tannins. 78% Zinfandel, 16% Carignane, 4% Petite Sirah, 1% Alicante Bouschet, 1% Mourvedre. Throwing some sediment. 14.8% alc., but without a trace of heat. With roasted pork tenderloin under a glaze of Dijon with mushrooms. 12.14.23. Recommended.

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  • Found a bottle at Safeway, of all places, nearly 10 years after I drank my last one...

    Don't know if it's a library release or if it's been at Safeway for 10 years.. the lady at the wine section didn't know.

    But I can say that it's just as good, if not better than 10 years ago.

    Reading my notes, and remembering my experience, this is quite similar... Maraschino cherries, blueberries... gives the feeling of warm berry compote. Tannins are resolved, soft and silky. Body is medium, acidity present but quite soft. This is elegant, refined, with no sharp edges. Just a stunning example of a classic wine.

    "Bad" years separate the wheat from the chaff, and it's evident that you need someone like Paul Draper to craft something so special and elegant in a year like 2011.

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  • Black cherry fruit on the nose and palate with pepper and spice on the finnish.

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  • Drinking quite well. Integrated smooth fruit, ranks up there with similar vintage Lytton Springs.

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WineAlign

  • By Sara d'Amato
    6/6/2014, (See more on WineAlign...)

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  • By David Lawrason
    6/4/2014, (See more on WineAlign...)

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    5/26/2014, (See more on WineAlign...)

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Vinous

  • By Antonio Galloni
    Santa Cruz Mountains: California’s Best Kept Secret (Jul 2013), (See more on Vinous...)

    (Ridge Zinfandel Geyserville Sonoma County) Login and sign up and see review text.
  • By Josh Raynolds
    May/June 2013, IWC Issue #168, (See more on Vinous...)

    (Ridge Vineyards Geyserville Sonoma County) Login and sign up and see review text.
  • By Antonio Galloni
    California's Central Coast: Better than Ever (Aug 2012), (See more on Vinous...)

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RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    5/19/2013, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points

    (Ridge Geyserville) Very dark cherry red color; aromatic, dried berry, lavender, dried herb nose; tasty, complex, dried berry, lavender, dried herb palate with good balance; medium-plus finish (78% Zinfandel, 16% Carignane, 4% Petite Sirah, 1% Alicante Bouschet, 1% Mataro; 14.2% alcohol)
  • By Richard Jennings
    5/11/2013, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

    (Ridge Geyserville) Dark ruby color; tart berry, dried berry, dark chocolate nose; tasty, complex, dried berry, licorice, tart black cherry, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 93+ points (76% Zinfandel, 16% Carignane, 4% Petite Sirah, 1% Alicante Bouschet, 1% Mataro; 14% alcohol; best young Geyserville on release ever?)

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