2018 Ridge Zinfandel Paso Robles

Community Tasting Notes (63) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  3/11/2024 - ptm wrote: 92 Points

  I had made a private note to myself that this would peak at about 2022. I was wrong. This still has some legs, another couple of years. For those 1200 bottles that are still out there on CT, you are in luck. This is a very clean, restrained red fruit taste that the former winemaker Eric Baugher nailed on his release tasting notes in Jan 2020: "Dark garnet-red color. Aromas of ripe plum and cherry fruits, sweet oak, and complex gravel earth. Enters with sweet bramble fruit, rich tannins, toasted oak, and complex minerality. Refreshing acidity supports a long finish. EB (1/20)"

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  5/16/2023 - ppandian wrote: 90 Points

  Typical Ridge Zin. Spicy and brambly. A little fruit forward on day one but really good day two. Restrained black and red berries. Fine and balanced tannins.
  
  On a Ridge kick. Paso Robles, Pagani the last few days of and a 2014 York Creek next up.

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  5/7/2023 - tward Likes this wine:

  A very nice Paso Zin from Ridge. Had along with the Frog's Leap with a traditional tri tip dinner. This had an expressive profile with the warmth of Paso but restrained, showing off the quality of the Benito Dusi vineyard. So enjoyable and easy to drink. Very "clean", too, transparency and vibrancy.
  
  14.8% abv

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  3/13/2023 - Veg Likes this wine:

  Very tasty. Classic Zin with lots of fruit but also depth.

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  2/11/2023 - BaroloBucky Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Double decant an hour prior. This is a nice balanced zin typical of the Ridge profile. Fairly fruit forward as expected with Paso, but there’s some nice complexity here as well and it’s not overwhelmingly dense or alcoholic. Red fruits, cedar, thyme. Medium-long finish. Worth the roughly $32 paid.

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