2005 Ridge Geyserville Sonoma, 77% Zinfandel, 17% Carignane, 6% Petite Sirah, 14.6% alc., $30: Good color, if not as dark as Geyserville usually is, with a mélange of Draper perfume, briar-bramble, raspberry and cherry on the moderately expressive nose. The like flavors pick things up nicely with a solid core of typically ripe fruit, and the wine is full bodied, yet sleek, deceptively structured with silky tannins and good acids. Not the biggest Geyserville, nor is it the best, but it’s certainly a very good one, and Kim agrees, describing it as “eminently drinkable” and “very cherry.” As one might expect, it gets better with a few hours of air, and a few years in the cellar should do this 40th Anniversary edition even better.
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