1985 Ridge Petite Sirah York Creek Devil's Hill

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  1/23/2021 - mark.zinner Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Very nice wine in a good spot. Blueberry, black berry fruit, resolved tannins, still has life. We had with kalbi. Delicious!

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  4/9/2009 - smcg wrote: 89 Points

  Softer tannin, still big and fruity, but lacking the pepper and myriad layers of aromas that originally interested me in Ridge Petit Sirahs.

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  5/3/2008 - winotoo wrote: 90 Points

  Bought a case of this on release. Over the first decade of its life, I opened a bottle or two and found it to be possibily the biggest, most impenetrable wine I'd ever tasted. I therefore vowed to forget about the remaining bottlles for many years. I pulled this bottle out of the locker a couple of years ago but never got to around to drinking it so recent storage was not optimal. Popped the cork (actually had major cork issues so I ended up pushing the cork into bottle and decanting) and the color was as dark as I remembered; not a hint of bricking. Nosed a bit muted and dusty. On the palate, the tannins seem to have resolved themselves and the wine has a smooth sweetness to it. Predominant flavor is blueberry, with echos of the same dustiness on the nose. Finish is a bit drying on the palate. Consumed over the course of two hours and it held up well. All in all, a nice wine now and certainly gives the lie to the idea that Cali wines don't age well.

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  12/24/2006 - RobK wrote:

  Rounded and beautiful with plenty of fruit and balance. Showing no sign of deteriorating. This stuff is immortal!

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  12/3/2003 - OneLastSyrah wrote:

  Blind Petite Sirah and BBQ: Earth, some pepper, tannins, and red fruit. Rich, full-bodied. Some sweetness to it. The youth of this is surprising.

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