May 22, 2018 - Who could ask for more? So good!
February 7, 2018 - lots of everything, fruit, and balance yet it is time to drink, it will not get any better
April 9, 2017 - Long lived and deceptively complex, this shows bottle age nuances reminiscent of fall. Dried red fruit, blood orange, forest floor, pencil lead, and a hint of sweetness on the autumnal bouquet. The palate is complex, tertiary, and exceptionally balanced. Raspberry and blueberry fruit flavors show orange acidity and the slightest hint of caramel. The finish fades nicely. Well done.
September 10, 2016 - SHOWING MODERAGE AGE WITH COLOR ALMOST ORANGE. OVERPOWERING BERRY NOSE. LOTS OF ALCH AND A BIT ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES. RASBERRY FRUIT WELL BALANCED WITH ALCH BUT HUGE BODY. READY NOW. HALF BOTTLE.
May 27, 2014 - Dry strawberries, jerky, herbal tisane, tar. Sufficient acidity to support an exotic and savory old wine of real beauty. Love these.
April 15, 2014 - Opened 30-45 minutes or so, at which point one detects plum, red fruit, herbs, vanilla and licorice. Leather and tobacco notes emerge with additional time in the glass. Red fruit, plum and herb tones on the palate, maybe just a bit thin on the back end preventing a higher score but this is still damn fine juice. Drink now-2017.
April 15, 2014 - Dinner at Anvil with Allred. Color has gone towards brick red/orange showing its age. Notes of mushroom, tobacco, leather and other tertiary notes. Nose had a bordeaux-lite profile almost. Clearly on the downside of hill, but still a lovely bottle.
April 5, 2013 - Cedar, strawberry, raspberry, great acidity and fresh sweet fruits. Leather, some antiseptic and caramel emerging with air. Quite mature but very fine, exactly what old Ridge should be!
March 27, 2013 - Deep ruby with some mahogany throughout and a sweet, mature nose. Black cherries, cassis, cedar, barnyard in a balanced, silky whole. Fruit past its prime, tannins light.
July 21, 2012 - Amazingly spectacular for an old timer. Drinking beautifully gorgeous cedar and meat nose Lovely full mouth feel almost oily Long fruit and tobacco finish Truly an incredible Zin more like a perfect elderly Bordeaux