Jerry Raphael

8.8

Opened and it seems a bit closed with not much going on. Decanted and tasted it about an hour or so later and seemed to open up. Really showed better with dinner. Not sure if I pull any details on nose or taste but good. A bit later after dinner tried it again and back to the first try, not showing anything. Confused about Bedrock in general but only have 8 bottles to go, Yikes!! — 3 days ago

Jerry Raphael

9.0

This was a ½ bottle that I paid $12.95 back in the day. This had some jammy sweet caramel notes. It was pleasant to drink with dessert but it was its time.

The cork came out with some cracks but whole. Decanted at around 6 PM in a to-go bottle and happy I did, there was a ton of sediment. Drank at about 11 PM with NYE Dinner at Anthony’s in HH.

— 20 days ago

Jerry Raphael

9.0

There’s a lot of cedar and berries with a hint of veg in the nose. The taste showed the same with some sweetness than tannins and some sourness in the finish. I did like this wine but I look at wines in my cellar a bit differently now that I’m over 80 and think I should have drunk this sooner. Still have the 2014 and will get that shortly. If you have any of the 2013 drink up. BTW, did a hard decant about an hour before a Wagyu steak dinner and saw no changes from opening to finishing the bottle.

— 23 days ago

Jerry Raphael

8.9

Not as intense as the Roar but very good. Some cola, dark fruits and more. — 5 days ago

Jerry Raphael

9.0

Excellent Zin with a lot of fruits; blackberries, cranberries and some dark cherries. Also, spice, cedar and more. Did not know what to expect as Zin’s don’t go for a lot of aging. Happy I found this one in my cellar and have a couple of other Ridge wines I need to drink up.

I stopped purchasing Ridge years ago as I got into lighter wines. Visited Ridge Winery last century and had an excellent tasting as I remember and met and chatted with Paul Draper. — 16 days ago

Jerry Raphael

8.8

This was okay but if you consider the price not okay. Drinking fine nothing wrong just nothing stood out. Yes there some herbal and berry notes but expected more. Maybe overshadowed by the 89 Meyney.

Same; decanted around 6 PM, put it back in its bottle and used an aerator for pouring at NYE dinner. — 21 days ago

Jerry Raphael

8.9

As per my last notes on this wine; lead pencil, cedar, berries and a hint of veg. Nice smooth long finish but overall not very rich. I think it’s done, thankfully its my last bottle and need to move on to the 2016. — a month ago

Jerry Raphael

9.0

Very nice and smooth start to finish. Dark fruits mainly and fully integrated. Last bottle of 2017 — 9 days ago

Jerry Raphael

8.8

Nice opener but too much going on to get into details. NYE Dinner — 20 days ago

Jerry Raphael

9.5

What a wonderful surprise; this wine was fantastic and seemed like a young wine not 36 years old. The color was red rim to rim no bricking at all and I kept looking at it wondering why considering its age. The nose and taste were both very integrated with lead pencil, a lot of dark fruits and a bit of spice. What also got me was the finish, just went on forever and so very smooth. I’m sure this wine would last a few more years but why wait; drinking so great right now.

I decanted the wine about 6 PM. My wine opener just drilled a hole in the fragile cork so decanted through a tea strainer into my to-go bottle and other then the cork bits there was very little sediment. Started drinking the wine about 9 PM with NYE Dinner at Anthony’s in Haddon Height.
— 20 days ago