v16. Really good! Soft smoked meat nose. Bright, juicy blackberry fruit. Clean, dry, black pepper and soft leather finish. Good burger and rib food wine. — a year ago
On the nose: crushed raspberries, floral bouquet, strawberries, cinnamon,
clay.
On the tongue: raspberry, graphite, pepper cinnamon, and spice.
Nice and approachable Zin. Just enough structure to clear a nice lean bison burger. — 4 years ago
Perfect wine for the burger and chicken salt fries at Frankie... body, hint of tobacco, spice—didn’t require me to think too much. Harmonizer. — 6 years ago
Ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.
Red and black fruits on the nose with tobacco leaf, light oak, chocolates and light forest floor.
Full-bodied with medium acidity and long legs.
Dry on the palate with black plums, black currants, cooked cherries, cedar, licorice, light vanilla, tobacco, peppercorn, chocolates, herbs, light alcohol, spices and light earth.
Long finish with fine grained tannins, raspberries and spices.
This is a very tasty and easy drinking Zinfandel. Fruit forward and rich. Complex and entertaining with a nice mouthfeel. Nicely balanced, spicy and tangy.
Needs an hour in the decanter to open up and show the nose.
Good by itself as a sipping wine, and will pair nicely with a burger and fries.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$25. — 3 months ago
For some reason I love Ridge Zins with a grilled burger. Difficult to describe the notes in this wine.
On the nose: black pepper, blackberry, anise, menthol, floral, slight blueberry and....cherry cola? On the tongue: blackberry, cherry, baking spice, tobacco on the finish. Grippy tannins at first but mellows out extremely fast. Petite sirah cuts through burger fat nicely. Another nice Zin blend from Ridge. — 4 years ago
An old gewurz-dominant field blend, that comes across especially perfumed and seemingly with a pinch of residual sugar. Simple yet abundantly interesting, and between the sweetness and nice acid backbone, this was a great partner to spicy curries. I enjoy Bedrock’s rendition more than Carlisle’s. — 4 years ago
Jelle Lars Heijmans
@delactable Newton Johnson — 24 days ago