Community Tasting Notes 17

• Dan & Patti wrote: 84 points

  January 15, 2017 - Mostly gone

• wine maestro wrote: 93 points

  May 7, 2016 - Well-aged beauty - Pomegranate jelly, rich red currant and melted licorice. Glides over the midpalate with wild berry and salted caramel. A beam of strawberry lends further interest. Medium body with fantastic balance. Long, glorious finish

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• BVal wrote: 89 points

  November 27, 2015 - Thanksgiving wine #2; from magnum.
  
  Color: medium-deep ruby core -> diffuse ruby rim with a touch of garnet. Bouquet of raspberries and cherries with some leather and chocolate. Others liked this more than me and plowed through the magnum fairly quickly. I thought it a bit over the top in the alcohol department and found the red fruit components just a bit too jammy for my taste. While the attack is pretty plush, there are still some light tannins; unfortunately a bitter edge on the finish keeps my score from going higher. Given that this was from a mag, I''d be inclined to be drinking any 750's soon if they were in my cellar.

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• Dan & Patti wrote: 85 points

  September 28, 2014 - Mostly gone, or just a bad bottle very disappointing for Booker

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• Jdubb1123 Likes this wine: 90 points

  September 13, 2014 - Popped the cherry on the Coravin for an '06 versus '12 Ripper sample tasting. Huge difference between '06 and '12. This had a dark, leathery, older paso fruit taste versus the vibrant rich and young paso fruit taste. Obvious I know, but very cool to side by side with a Coravin.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Booker Vineyard
• Varietal Grenache
• Designation The Ripper
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Central Coast
• Appellation Paso Robles

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• Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
• In Cellars 64 (29%)
• Consumed 151 (70%)

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