Young, and a bit rough right now. I like the wine’s well-judged balance (this is Ridge after all) and firm structure, but the fruit runs a bit hot and the oak has not integrated yet. Give it time.
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There’s so much oak here that there’s no need for a bottle. Now, I’m not prejudiced against Cabernet made in a more exuberant style. I love many a Napa. But this just reeks of cooked plum and vanilla, and tastes of french press dregs. Second of two bottles opened, both identical.
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A Sonoma pinot with the flavors of a tarted up Cotes du Rhône and the structural integrity of a lean-to. There’s cherry, followed closely by intrusive vanilla and cola notes, then some sourness and tannic grit. Viscous and hot. Over twenty four hours the character of this wine did not change.
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4/12/2021 9:35:00 PM - Your note on the '05 Lascombes got me revved up. I apologize, but!
You don't allow comments on your notes, and you've posted more shitty scores in the past 1.5 years than I've done in 15. Budding wine critic? Wine lover? not... Cellar problems? buying problems?
Do you look in the mirror if your scores are out of tune with the CT population (actually a fairly tough crowd)?
2018 Ridge Lytton Springs
12/1/2020 - colorflavorlocking wrote: 88 Points
Young, and a bit rough right now. I like the wine’s well-judged balance (this is Ridge after all) and firm structure, but the fruit runs a bit hot and the oak has not integrated yet. Give it time.
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2005 Château Lascombes
12/1/2020 - colorflavorlocking wrote: 80 Points
There’s so much oak here that there’s no need for a bottle. Now, I’m not prejudiced against Cabernet made in a more exuberant style. I love many a Napa. But this just reeks of cooked plum and vanilla, and tastes of french press dregs. Second of two bottles opened, both identical.
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2017 Three Sticks Pinot Noir Gap's Crown Vineyard
7/5/2020 - colorflavorlocking wrote: 75 Points
A Sonoma pinot with the flavors of a tarted up Cotes du Rhône and the structural integrity of a lean-to. There’s cherry, followed closely by intrusive vanilla and cola notes, then some sourness and tannic grit. Viscous and hot. Over twenty four hours the character of this wine did not change.
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