1992 Ravenswood Pickberry

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  4/27/2023 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine:

  Small supper at Noizé (Noizé, London): Fascinating wine and great for this Brit to try a Cali Bordeaux blend with some serious bottle age. This is 65% Merlot, 30% Cab Sauvignon and 5% Cab Franc. Very youthful colour on pouring almost Zin like. Nose has a blueberry compote character there are hints of mahogany dresser and later a slice of coffee and walnut sponge cake. Palate is a little slow out of the blocks by comparison but when it gets going has real breadth. Some plum compliments the blue fruits and a little high quality grated chocolate. A treat, thanks, Dave

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  4/9/2023 - JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine:

  Pickberry is arisen. 1992. Oxidative (and crumbly-closure) on opening. Damn, do I have to fish around for another bottle? A careful decant and an hour later there’s not only fruit, but some there, there. Plum, iron, cedar, sandal wood, game, blackberry, and spice on the nose. The palate is still tannic and structured—not dried out—framing the ripeness and velvety Merlot character. This is ripe and (given the era) rich, but by no means blowsy or dull. There’s plenty of character and interest and I’ll admit to wishing I’d purchased more. Might be the worst kept secret in wine, but I’ll say it anyway: Joel Peterson makes and has made some of the most brilliant and affordable wines in the United States. Grateful for this and a pan-roasted veal chop with dried porcini, chestnut mushrooms, and a roasted sweet potato. Re-buy? In a second. Showing brilliantly. Happy Easter to those who observe.

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  3/2/2023 - RockinCabs wrote: 92 Points

  Elegant, old style cabernet based wine that brings a kiss of CA sweetness. Raspberry, gravel, cherry skin, eucalyptus and sage. This is from a different era when herbal side of cabernet was embraced and developed. Sonoma Mountain was still fairly undiscovered in the early 90's, but it is so nice to taste these wines.

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  5/1/2021 - billBandy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Held up well, but drink in next 6 months. Needed 1hr after decanting to fully open up.
  Scent and taste of dried cherries, old leather, raspberry.

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  6/22/2020 - coremill wrote: 91 Points

  Full of sweetish cherries, black raspberry, hints of bitter chocolate, some gravel -- very classic. Mature structure with just enough tannin left for grip. Fully mature, perhaps the alcohol pokes out just a bit on the back end. Excellent, a very nice CA rendition of a St Emilion. Time to drink up.

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