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• Stephen Rash Likes this wine:

  February 11, 2024 - 27th Anniversary Cellar Pull. Ravenswood wines age gracefully and this 1997 Monte Rosso vineyard Zinfandel was no exception! Mostly tertiary, but still holding on to some primary fruit. The palate is still lively with silky tannins and a beautiful acid streak lasting into the long finish. The only downfall was the amount of sediment that had fallen out.

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• Jahull03 wrote:

  March 25, 2020 - A good bottle - and when they’re on, these old ravenswoods are revelatory. In beautiful balance, starting to develop a caramel edge. Speaks more to the place than the grape. Texturally layered, rich but not thick - medium bodied and just so nice. Plums, caramel, resolved tannin.

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• Rieslingfan wrote:

  November 30, 2017 - The things you find when you are poking around the wine cellar. I thought I had consumed all the bottles from my six pack, but there was one left, packed in with my Pickberry Bottles. I was prepared for disappointment, as my last bottle, in 2008, was rather nasty and volatile. Well this certainly showed some wild acidity, but it also showed a well developed, leather, bramble and dusty cherry set of aromatics. On the palate it was kind of lean, but the bramble and leather elements came back from the mid-palate. Overall it was not the most rewarding aging experiment, but it was at least a better end to my bottles than the one in 2008.

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• mouton45 wrote: 89 points

  November 13, 2016 - Still hanging in there. Blackberry flavors present. Nice wine toi go with griiled ribeyes, especially for a wine that is 19 ears old.

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• doctornoah wrote:

  August 18, 2015 - VA and corked as well.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Ravenswood
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Monte Rosso Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Valley

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• In Cellars 65 (49%)
• Consumed 68 (51%)

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