It was big, brawny, in-your-face, full fruit New World style wine. No
>nuance, no subtlety, no hesitation going on. No waits for forty years
>to age gracefully, although I'm certain that the wine will be quite
>nice in ten, twenty or even forty years.
Agreed. I opened a 2004 at a friend's wedding dinner last week. My kind of wine...and everybody else's that night, too! :)
..., I dug up a bottle of the last release I've
>gotten from Ridge, the 2007 Paso Robles zinfandel. Following the
>Justin, the wine substantiated my opinion of the shift in Ridge style.
>While still a nice wine, it came off as flaccid, watery, light-weight
>and not particularly noteworthy.
Well, that may just be the Paso Robles. I've got a bottle of 2007 Geyserville that I'm expecting to be substantially better. I'll know in a few years. But then, I love Geyserville. Almost bought a house there two years ago.
JJ