2004 Ridge Zinfandel Nervo

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  10/11/2021 - ohne_musik wrote: 89 Points

  A big wine, slightly blowsy, like a dry vintage Port. Ripe blackberry fruit, relatively juicy acid, a bit of Armagnac soaked prunes, and sweetish on the finish. Despite all this, there’s a certain elegance to this, especially after a few hours of air - the gnarly Nervo tannins have melted into a sophisticated melange of leather, baking spice and wet cedar sauna. Long, savory finish, a bit of sweetness and heat yes, and not my usual preferred style of zin, but it all sort of works.

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  12/17/2020 - River Rat Likes this wine:

  Aging gracefully. Still lots of blackberry fruit but it’s draped with a velvety tannin glove, perfume and spice. Still sweetish fruit on the finish, it clocks in at 15.2 but you wouldn’t know it if you didn’t look at the label. Still a lot of chalk, not sure if it will fully resolve. Very tasty right now.

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  9/17/2015 - drmarclevine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Another great bottle of aged Zin from Ridge. Whiffs of cherry Coke, black pepper, and blackberry vines. Resin-infused cherries and red/black fruit jam in the mouth. Still a bit chewy but in very nice harmony. Just love where these wines get to at the 10 year mark. Nice pairing with grilled chicken breast with ancho chile powder and tomato and corn saute. Drink now.

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  11/28/2014 - indiscriminate palate wrote:

  Very pretty nose of blackberry liquor and bramble. Low tannin and med-low acid. Nice finish of sour blackberries. Yummy, solid zin drinking well now.

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  3/11/2013 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 88 Points

  A nice mature Zin. Its lost is juicy, jammy, flabby fruit and replaced it with a silky, smooth feel of integrated tannins, character and some little finesse. It is still very balanced and the 15.1%+ alcohol isn't really noticeable except at perhaps the end of the finish, (and only fleeting at that). Some savory/leathery elements on the palate with a touch of the old vine sweetness that old vine Zin is known for. Very nice. 88+ but drink up - this is at the top and will only slide from here.

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