2015 Ridge Zinfandel Buchignani Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  12/27/2023 - Giggs wrote: 87 Points

  Sour black cherry, blackberry compote, melting asphalt, very astringent finish. Tastes like it wasn’t ripe and then suddenly was overripe, so you get baked fruit with the green tannins.

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  10/1/2023 - Mortgage92 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Not quite as "smoky" or as much pepper that is generally found in Ridge zins, but the mild tannins, the moderate acidity, and the smooth lasting finish made this a very enjoyable wine. There is still body and flavor in the bottle, but it appears to be at it's perfect peak now, so why wait?

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  9/4/2022 - lozatron Likes this wine:

  Zinchester: I keep on flip flopping between loving Ridge Zins when they are fully mature, and when they offer this vibrancy and life and edge. My fellow diners seemed to believe the 2011 Lytton was the better wine - I agree that it was, but I preferred this - the energy and zip were just joyous.

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  9/2/2022 - David Strange Likes this wine:

  Explosive nose with the power and excitement value of what I suspect to be quite old vines. In addition to intense bramble fruit, I found candied orange and lemon aromas, leather and Christmas pudding spice.
  
  This wine carries its booze factor very neatly, as it does with its American oak treatment. Neither seem excessive or emetic. It is big and powerful, oh yes, but that comes from characterful grapes, the alcohol and secondary* aromas step to one side.
  
  The palate has spicy, warm and rich bramble fruit that is intense, but not overwhelming – it is not a fruit bomb. Good acidity levels help with this balanced and restrained expression of scale.
  
  There is a lovely spicy character on the palate as well. Christmas pudding with plenty of candied peel added. The spice gives a sense of warm richness rather than the alcohol.
  
  This is still young, but another pleasing wine with plenty to enjoy about it. Drink it now or keep it ten years, either way I think you will be laughing!

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  9/2/2022 - PNIELSEN Likes this wine: 93 Points

  When I last had a bottle of this about 30 months ago, I wrote that it could transform into something special if given a couple of years. I guess I was right. This is in a really sweet spot right now. Velvety fruit leather on the palate, with plenty of acid to keep it lively. Knockout nose of black cherry, tobacco, orange peel, holiday potpourri, flowers and garrigue. I have a new-found respect for Buchignani zin. I suspect I popped my prior bottlings of this way too early.

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