Good stuff — 20 days ago
Deep cherry red with violet. Black pepper. Blueberry blackberry leather nutmeg clove
Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M Acidity M Tannin M+ Soft Bitterness M Body M+ Finish M 14% Elegant but Concentrated Robust Mullineux Family Wines Swartland Syrah 23 @6160, AD, 251225 — a month ago
Really good wine but remembered it better. Maybe I aerated it too well but lacked some of its usual smooth punch. — 6 days ago
Last had 4 years ago and was excited to check in - this didn’t disappoint. That perfect ridge mix of old world sensibility and composition with new world fruit and character. 13.8%. Finish is long with nice acid. Great pairing with steaks. Nice wine.
Happy New Year! — a month ago
This 2023 Ridge Geyserville blend is very nice. — 12 days ago
We really enjoyed this. — 17 days ago
Yes—exactly that kind of wine: timeless, composed, and quietly authoritative.
It smells so good on first pour. Damp pine forest floor and clean mountain air register immediately. Everything else unravels from there; but that initial pop-and-pour sniff is pure magic.
On the palate, blackcurrant, cedar, graphite, and dried herbs unfold with control, carried by freshness and finely etched tannins in a medium body.
So classic, so intellectual, and deeply mesmerizing. Drink now or age. — a month ago
Scott E. Becker
[Tasted on February 1, 2026 at Tom and Kathy’s house with Tom and Kathy]
Cherry and strawberry fruit, with black tea, spice and rose petals. — 5 days ago