2002 Ridge Zinfandel Buchignani Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 91.6 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View veniceslug1's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/10/2018 - veniceslug1 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  amazingly fresh and young. Beautifully balanced. showed up several wines that were five times as expensive. Nice black fruit, leather, spice. Very good with the steak and truffle flies.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View dsvtec's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/15/2016 - dsvtec wrote: 92 Points

  Very subtle. Lots of fruit

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View fredb's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/20/2009 - fredb wrote:

  Medium red in the glass. Aromas of dusty cherry, briar, and cinnamon bark. On the palate, this shows creamy cherries, cherry-vanilla liqueur, dust, and some floral notes. Spice and dusty tannins come in on the finish. Medium bodied. Mature and where I like my Ridge zins for primary fruit - still fruity, but integrated.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View winemaker's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/23/2008 - winemaker wrote: 92 Points

  This wine is incredibly smooth and harmonious. It has a nice creaminess, vanilla influence, but no overt sensation of toasted oak. Rich and delicious. Too bad this is my last bottle.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View guitarguy's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/20/2008 - guitarguy wrote: 90 Points

  Smooth, well integrated zinfandel. This wine manages to avoid being overtly hot or alcoholic and does not have an unripe greenness that can plague zins. One of Ridge's better efforts in the millenium, the wine is a more of a dark crimson than purple. It has a nose of blueberry, maybe a hint of banana (perhaps a aldehyde, not the most pleasant part of the nose of this wine) and a waft of oak. It smells jut a bit like freshly polished dress shoes. The aldehydes/chemical constituents of the nose do not show on the palate. Fine, well integrated tannins frame berry, cherrry and hint of tar. The wine finish is just a tad short, maybe 15 seconds. Very appealing, especially with a well structured meal such as hamburger, tacos or italian sausage with tomato. I think the wine may have peaked a few months ago so I would put on the consume list for 2008-2009.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 9 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.