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1996 Ridge Petite Sirah York Creek
Petite Sirah
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Spring Mountain District
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Community Tasting Notes 18
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redders Likes this wine: 92 points
May 7, 2021 - Colour still deep. Rich fruit on nose with secondary aromas. Large scaled on palate but balanced despite the alcohol. Classy wine very well handled. Last bottle but will still keep
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FullPolicyLimits wrote:
October 24, 2018 - Takes about an hour to open up. Do not decant, pop and pour. Ridge at it's finest. Yummy.
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Doc90 Likes this wine: 93 points
August 26, 2017 - Tasted blind. Concentrated berry nose with a rock sort of minerality; smells Spanish. An irresistible combination of dense purple fruit, spice, and cocoa/broken rock minerality. Big tannins. Still has at least another decade ahead of it.
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andrewstevenson.com wrote: 92 points
June 10, 2016 - Wine-pages Glasgow Festival of Wine Pre Offline (Cail Bruich, Glasgow): Very attractive, very approachable nose. This is so much more approachable than the Santa Cruz Mountains merlot.
Lots of juicy black fruit on the palate. Very enticing.
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chcook Likes this wine:
February 18, 2015 - PNP. Cork perfect. Color opaque garnet w ruby edges. Nose is dense with dark fruit lashed with American oak. Swishing reveals tons of tannin that hints at oak on the finish with reasonable amount of acid. Sipping allows this to fully strut its stuff, and it is hefty with fruit and structure in perfect balance. This is a baby. No signs at all of aging and I will wait 6-10 yrs to drink my last bottle.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 1999, IWC Issue #84 (link)(Ridge Vineyards Petite Sirah York Creek) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1996
- Type Red
- Producer Ridge
- Varietal Petite Sirah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard York Creek
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Spring Mountain District
- UPC Codes 0744442791965, 744442791996
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 81 (55%)
- Consumed 65 (45%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 5 votes
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- ProducerRidge
- VarietyPetite Sirah
- VineyardYork Creek
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationSpring Mountain District
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- AppellationSpring Mountain District