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[TN] 2005 Ridge Geyserville
Today, we threw a party for 16 3- and 4-year olds to celebrate Andrew's
4th birthday (actually tomorrow but what the heck!). After 6 hours of frantic running around in very humid 86°F weather, we decided that we'd take ourselves out to dinner tonight, so repaired to our little community's attempt at New American cooking, with the best wine list in town. With a dinner of rabbit cacciatore with crimini over penne (my dish) and bacon-wrapped smoked shrimp, we got: 2005 Ridge Geyserville (40th Anniversary bottling) nose: pencil lead, bright berryish fruit palate: medium body, deep fruit, good acidity, smooth tannins In part, we ordered this wine to see if reports of its atypical nature on the Internet could be verified. I am relieved to say that we saw no signs of a change in house style at Ridge. This wine was forward, but not overly oaky and well-balanced with abundant fruit. To me, it follows in the footsteps of those many wonderful Geyservilles that preceeded it. I'm happy that we have a few bottles of it in the cellar. Mark Lipton -- alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.cwdjr.net |
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2005 Ridge Geyserville
On Sep 14, 12:01 pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Today, we threw a party for 16 3- and 4-year olds to celebrate Andrew's > 4th birthday (actually tomorrow but what the heck!). After 6 hours of > frantic running around in very humid 86°F weather, we decided that we'd > take ourselves out to dinner tonight, so repaired to our little > community's attempt at New American cooking, with the best wine list in > town. With a dinner of rabbit cacciatore with crimini over penne (my > dish) and bacon-wrapped smoked shrimp, we got: > > 2005 Ridge Geyserville (40th Anniversary bottling) > nose: pencil lead, bright berryish fruit > palate: medium body, deep fruit, good acidity, smooth tannins > > In part, we ordered this wine to see if reports of its atypical nature > on the Internet could be verified. I am relieved to say that we saw no > signs of a change in house style at Ridge. This wine was forward, but > not overly oaky and well-balanced with abundant fruit. To me, it > follows in the footsteps of those many wonderful Geyservilles that > preceeded it. I'm happy that we have a few bottles of it in the cellar. > > Mark Lipton > -- > alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.cwdjr.net Sounds excellent. I've only had one bottle of Ridge Geyserville (I believe the 03), and it was among the best Zins I've had - I recollect finding it almost Bordeaux-like with the red fruit and pencil lead flavour profile and good acidity. I'll keep a lookout for this one. Thanks for the note. Cheers, Salil |
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2005 Ridge Geyserville
On Sep 14, 12:01�am, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Today, we threw a party for 16 3- and 4-year olds to celebrate Andrew's > 4th birthday (actually tomorrow but what the heck!). �After 6 hours of > frantic running around in very humid 86�F weather, we decided that we'd > take ourselves out to dinner tonight, so repaired to our little > community's attempt at New American cooking, with the best wine list in > town. �With a dinner of rabbit cacciatore with crimini over penne (my > dish) and bacon-wrapped smoked shrimp, we got: > > 2005 Ridge Geyserville (40th Anniversary bottling) > nose: pencil lead, bright berryish fruit > palate: medium body, deep fruit, good acidity, smooth tannins > > In part, we ordered this wine to see if reports of its atypical nature > on the Internet could be verified. �I am relieved to say that we saw no > signs of a change in house style at Ridge. �This wine was forward, but > not overly oaky and well-balanced with abundant fruit. �To me, it > follows in the footsteps of those many wonderful Geyservilles that > preceeded it. �I'm happy that we have a few bottles of it in the cellar. > > Mark Lipton > -- > alt.food.wine FAQ: �http://winefaq.cwdjr.net Happy B'Day to Andrew! Thanks for notes, I didn't buy the '05, maybe I better. |
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