Via Coravin, had to have a glass to check on this. As suspected, after 8 years, still painfully young. Given my extensive experience with much older vintages of Ridge York Creek PS from the late 70’s, early 80’s and 90’s, best advice is patience. This needs at least another 5 years in the cellar. Dense and concentrated, medium plus acidity, jammy black fruits, graphite, road tar, creosote, garrigue. When properly aged, these wines can be sublime. Higher scores ahead. Put them away at the bottom of your cellar and forget about them for a while…
Outstanding. Was excellent right out of the bottle, no air necessary. Was terrific with a ribeye, frites, rice, and peruvian aji amarillo sauce. Intend to buy more.
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Good. Other reviews claim it needs more time. To me, it tasted like it is past it's drink-by date. Deep inky purple and some tobacco notes, but it felt flat and not nearly as interesting as other Ridge wines.
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10/24/2023 - rlsimon Likes this wine: 88 Points
maybe it needs more aging as it has been suggested by others. My other bottle I slated for next year, but maybe I'll move it out later....
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9/19/2023 - markydecker Likes this wine: 90 Points
Via Coravin, had to have a glass to check on this. As suspected, after 8 years, still painfully young. Given my extensive experience with much older vintages of Ridge York Creek PS from the late 70’s, early 80’s and 90’s, best advice is patience. This needs at least another 5 years in the cellar. Dense and concentrated, medium plus acidity, jammy black fruits, graphite, road tar, creosote, garrigue. When properly aged, these wines can be sublime. Higher scores ahead. Put them away at the bottom of your cellar and forget about them for a while…
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12/17/2022 - Andrew Vaughan Likes this wine: 93 Points
Outstanding. Was excellent right out of the bottle, no air necessary. Was terrific with a ribeye, frites, rice, and peruvian aji amarillo sauce. Intend to buy more.
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8/10/2022 - clio_wine wrote:
Good. Other reviews claim it needs more time. To me, it tasted like it is past it's drink-by date. Deep inky purple and some tobacco notes, but it felt flat and not nearly as interesting as other Ridge wines.
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5/19/2022 - aaronmphoto Likes this wine: 89 Points
Was good but definitely felt like it needs more aging for it to fully come out. Tasted young still
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