Robert Stackowiak

9.0

A well done blend honoring their winemaking history. January 2024. — 4 months ago

Norman Gennaro

9.4

Christmas Eve - needed more air time. Mag — 5 months ago

Paul K

9.4

Thanksgiving tradition with 2013 Heitz continues. Now doing every other year instead of every year to stretch it out. Love what time is doing for the complexity of the wine. Happy Turkeyday to you and yours! — 6 months ago

Kyle

9.7

Every time I have this wine I fall in back in love with it! Amazingly balanced. Dark rich plum color and flavor. — 9 months ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.5

Aroma is uncanny; a perfume of rose petals and coconut cream wafting from the glass. Totally beguiling. Vanilla and marzipan lead the way with fresh and dried red berries, red cherries, dried flowers and orange peel. So polished, but this needs more time for the oak and fruit to integrate. The 2010 Ardanza remains my favorite now for its classical balance. — 3 years ago

Greg Gregory

10

Spectacular! Mind blowing. One of my top 10 of all time. On every serious wine lover’s bucket list, and here we had a nigh perfect bottle. While aromatically a little recalcitrant, you still got some of the Margaux violets and potpourri on the nose, hints of clove, all trying to shake off their doldrums. But on the palate, it was timelessly ravishing. The finesse, richness, balance and smoothness, with an underlying, almost flabbergasting mixture of complexity and delicacy, was just astonishing. The finish is marvelously sweet and intense, with chocolate and cassis and utterly seamless tannins. This is a miracle of wine making and an exaltation of vintage and terroir besides. Wow! And bravo! We can only pray for an encore of such a wine. — 8 years ago

Miguel A. Nistal

9.0

I love Stags Leap and this one is crazy reasonable and so good. Cherry flavored, soft on pallet. Beautiful wine. — 9 years ago

with Miguel

Mike Barbella

9.6

One of my Fav's of ALL time — 9 years ago

Mitchell Bennett

9.5

The Prisoner from Napa Valley is excellent--second time tasting, but first time with the bottle. Delicious both times. — 10 years ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.6

Very deep ruby , ruby rim, shockingly young . Very closed still , mineral , creme de cassis , dark and meaty , grafite , chestnut . On the palate very tight and young , cassis with dark blackcurrant , cedar , tobacco and granite . Concentrated but balanced at the same time , gritty tannins , balanced acidity. Long and complex on the finish , with mineral , grafite notes . A great wine surely , this is so young and with huge potential. I suppose more impressive than enjoyable at this stage. This needs time in bottle, maybe come back in 5 years and will last a further 20-30 . — 4 months ago

Michael Coscetta

9.0

The weakest vintage of Dom I’ve had in a long time — 6 months ago

Joe Weinberger

9.4

Sweet oak, intense, black cherry, vanilla. Still needs time but very happy I got to experience. — 8 months ago

Tom Garland

9.3

Celebrating with a couple nice wines tonight

2 hour decant(decent chunky/fine sediment). An imposing dark magenta color. On the nose: very aromatic with dark cherry, currants, herbaceous, smokey earth, floral, pencil shavings. Taste: soft, silky, dry tannin wine with black fruit, pencil lead, cedar, tar, crushed rock, and a minerally mocha dry medium plus finish. YUM! More time to go. — 9 months ago

with Brenda

Marc vanholst

8.9

Unfortunately this bottle has had its best time. Still ok but not tops. — 6 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.5

Finally was able to taste the 2002, way too young and clear why they waited and held this release back. This should easily go up a few more points with time, maybe perfection. — 8 years ago

Adam Spain

9.2

Needs a long time to open, but amazing — 8 years ago

Michael Park

9.0

Tight, needs a lot more time. — 8 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.1

2000 Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon:
From Jay. Dark ruby red in color. A preponderance of black forest fruits on the nose mixed with cedar and some menthol and a touch of spice. Rich blackcurrant, black cherries and traces of vanilla on the palette. This is a solid effort from Ridge and although it does not have the makings of an epic wine it will certainly improve with time. Drink 2017 to 2030. 91/100


— 9 years ago

Corey Lair

10

My all-time favorite!!!! A gorgeous wine... — 10 years ago

Robert Potanovich

10

One of my all time favorites — 12 years ago

Stephen Stone

9.0

Enjoyed this on New Year’s Eve with Jen, Jim and Janet. Great bottle, great company! Cheeses, salumi, bread…deep ripe fruit, not heavy…nice age. Perfect for this time of year! Excellent barolo! — 5 months ago

with Janet

Bob Boyle

9.1

Nice nose, softish tannins that opens up nicely in a couple hours. Could benefit from more time in the bottle — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2005 vintage. Decanted and tasted immediately and through 3 hours. Great fill/appropriate aging cork. Medium sed. Noticeably dark color. Any trace of the usual Cos baby fat for the first decade+ after release long gone geek. Interesting. This was a lean, mean, street-fighting machine with "minerality" to spare. Intense. Compact. Unsure if it will continue to menace in the next decade of life or retreat into a reclusive, "turtling" period. Best guess? Street-fighter par excellence. Regardless of taking the high or low road, it's not devolving into a drink 'em if you got 'em any time soon scenario. Thanksgiving 11.23.23. — 6 months ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.2

Full bodied with the fruit maybe slightly muted today. It taste remarkable of chocolate and caramel. Need time but not unpleasant to drink this early. — a year ago

Paul K

9.1

Nose is cedar, herb, and leather. Medium body. Raspberry, red currant, and dark chocolate with really nice tannin throughout. Long finish is currant and cranberry. This wine is delicate. Overpowered by aged Gouda. Drink with Brie and French bread.
I pulled a classic and was just a bit disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, still great, but for the anticipation... I have one more bottle that I’ll wait a long time and hope there’s a big payoff.
Interesting note, the 2013 Heitz Cellar in the background was remarkably similar in fruit, weight, and profile. 1/3 the price and I’m giving it a 92. — 5 years ago

Ragan Ramsey

10

All time favorite — 7 years ago

with Billy

Michael Meagher MS

Chairman/Founder Boston Sommelier Society, Beverage Director Cafe Escadrille

9.5

From a 3 liter, about 10 years after "PD" suggested it was to be at its best. (This was a gift from my 21st birthday and the cork was beginning to show seepage so time to drink!). Seriously good stuff. The boozy side of Zin has settled, the structure and savory notes of the Petite Sirah and Mataro are emerging. Looking forward to this with grilled meat, lobster and whatever else we can cook up outside. @ridgevineyards #legend — 8 years ago

Nelson Dent

9.0

This is excellent! — 9 years ago

Mike Carr

10

One of my all time favorites. Perfectly balanced. — 9 years ago

Jim Wallick

9.3

Coaxing it out of the glass. Needs time to blow off typical barnyard nose, leads way to dark red fruit and really long finish — 9 years ago

with Charles