2002 Ridge, Carignane, Buchignani Range
Very dark. Rather tight nose with raspberries and strawberry aroma. Intense cherry and raspberry fruit flavors with good acid, some hard tannins, and a long fruity finish. This wine is proof that you can make a big, fruity wine with fully ripe fruit flavors and still keep the alcohol below 14%, 13.7% in this case. My rating 88.
posted by mikeca | 1:24 PM
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Mike,
My wife and I are Ridge ATP members. We purchased this bottle at the winery a few years ago. The weather in Virginia last night called for deep flavors so we paired the wine with pan-seared flatiron steak and wild mushroom-shallot ragout. After decanting, the wine slowly opened after 20+ minutes. It held up very well to a variety of flavors and showed great finesse. Another classy wine from Paul Draper.
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