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1997 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Estate
Red Bordeaux Blend
- USA
- California
- Santa Cruz Mountains
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Community Tasting Notes 10
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Amerique wrote: 90 points
August 24, 2019 - Rustic, short,
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WineCellarTV Likes this wine: 95 points
October 31, 2013 - Deep and dark-red. Garnet.
Dense, vital and powerful colors with no signs of aging.
Play of Dark Berries- mostly Cassis. Some Black Cherries and Fruit in Rum. Multilayered secondary & tertiary characters of Earth, Tar, Tobacco and Oak come with beautiful hints of Lovage and Fresh Herbs. Some Eucalypt.
Soft and fresh Aromas with nice harmony and intensity!
Flavors of Cassis and other Dark Berries. Cedar.
Dark Chocolate. Smoky traces, Leather and Oak. Mild Spices and Exotic Perfume. Vital Freshness with decent Green Notes. Minerality (!)
Finishes long and beautiful with Dark-red Fruit, Coolness, Soft Tannins, Little Acidity and Peppery Spiciness.
Nicely integrated structure with great complexity and pleasant mouthfeel!
Very alive wine with a perfect integrated structure!
Intensely colored, complex, harmonious, concentrated and fresh Cabernet from a very good year with great play of ripe fruit and secondary (tertiary) characteristics.
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Timbalimba wrote: 90 points
July 25, 2011 - Still vibrant in the glass. Nuanced layers from dark cherry center to pink hue. Fine, warm bouquet, spreading kirsch fruit, Christmas spices, wonderfully integrated oak. Palate is big, still tight, packing good acidity and fine tannins. Finishes with cherry and a spectrum of tertiary aromas. Long. Superbly balanced. Another classy effort from Ridge. Drink now or keep for another five to ten if you have a cold cellar. 90+
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windinthewillows1 wrote:
March 6, 2010 - wonderful; still has great flavor
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Frederyck wrote:
March 8, 2009 - Absolutely wonderfully aged, even though it probably was even better a couple of years ago. There was still some vibrant fruitiness, but not enough by a stretch. Lots of dark toned cedar berry, mellow well-integrated tannins and a long almost chocolate heavy aftertaste.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1997
- Type Red
- Producer Ridge
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Santa Cruz Mountains Estate
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
- Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains
- UPC Code 744442271979
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 99 (67%)
- Consumed 48 (33%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerRidge
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationSanta Cruz Mountains
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