Rich Black fruit and cedar and cigarbox with black pepper on the nose. Same on the palate with nice layers of piper and smoke. Fine resolved tannins on the finish. Another awesome of bottle of Ridge. Its drinking amazing with significant life ahead of it. I don't see why this why wont easily go another 10+ years. Cork was in OK condition.
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Bottle is still show very well. Cork was not in good shape. Some fruit still present, but earth tones shined, fine tannins. Bottle still has plenty of life, color was very solid. I would say it could be peaking, but has many years left.
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This wine was very nice. There is still good fruit and a little tannin, but it was one of the most interesting bottles of Syrah I have had. Earth and fruit together. Very complex. A/A-
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Dinner Party (My Place): Fantastic aromas of white pepper and flowers, rich and fat. Palate delivers on this promise, especially on the finish. There is some rich fruit in there, but it is almost obscured by the density of the wonderful, mouth-coating, velvety texture. This show that it would be a good idea to bury some of those more recent Lytton Syrahs for a while.
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10/7/2023 - Seanwsmithm3 wrote:
Rich Black fruit and cedar and cigarbox with black pepper on the nose. Same on the palate with nice layers of piper and smoke. Fine resolved tannins on the finish. Another awesome of bottle of Ridge. Its drinking amazing with significant life ahead of it. I don't see why this why wont easily go another 10+ years. Cork was in OK condition.
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11/8/2011 - ClemsonScout wrote: 89 Points
Bottle is still show very well. Cork was not in good shape. Some fruit still present, but earth tones shined, fine tannins. Bottle still has plenty of life, color was very solid. I would say it could be peaking, but has many years left.
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1/23/2011 - adroit1 wrote:
This wine was very nice. There is still good fruit and a little tannin, but it was one of the most interesting bottles of Syrah I have had. Earth and fruit together. Very complex. A/A-
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10/17/2005 - jwwinec wrote: 92 Points
Dinner Party (My Place): Fantastic aromas of white pepper and flowers, rich and fat. Palate delivers on this promise, especially on the finish. There is some rich fruit in there, but it is almost obscured by the density of the wonderful, mouth-coating, velvety texture. This show that it would be a good idea to bury some of those more recent Lytton Syrahs for a while.
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10/16/2002 - stanoak wrote: 85 Points
needs more bottle age
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