WTN: Two Ridge Zin Essences....(short/boring)

Tried these two at BacchusBadBoys Thurs:
1. Ridge Essence (Vine concentrated Essence of Zin/PasoRobles; 13.9%; bttld: August 92; SaH: 39%; RS: 9.2%; Drk: 7/92-7/2002: PD) 1991: Med.dark color; very strong blackberry/boysenberry/Zin/chocolaty/very ripe some raisened/pruney bit toasty/oak very attractive nose; very sweet/intense boysenberry/blackberry/very ripe rather toasty/oak quite sweet slight raisened flavor w/ light tannins; very long/lingering intense boysenberry/blackberry/very ripe Zin some raisened/pruney finish w/ little tannins; showing a bit of raisened/pruney character that will only come to the forefront w/ age; a pretty classic Ridge Zin Essence. $8.00/hlf
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2. Ridge Essence Geyserville; 51% Zin/49% PS; AlexanderVlly; 13.0%; 9 1/2 brls; bttld Jan 2016; SaH: 38.2%; RS: 15.6%; Drk: 10/15-10/25-10/35: EB) 2014: Very dark/near black color; beautiful very intense boysenberry/blackberry/Zin/huge fruit beautiful nose; quite sweet intense chocolaty/blackberry/boysenberry/Smucker's Boysenberry Jam slight overripe flavor w/ light smooth/ripe tannins; very long very intense boysenberry/blackberry/chocolaty slight overripe finish w/ light ripe tannins; huge intense fruit Essence. $60.00/hlf
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. I rather preferred the '14 to the '91 as the latter was starting to show some of the raisened/pruney character these wines typically show w/ age as the fruit starts to go.
The '91 was the last Ridge Essence made from Beni Dusi's Paso vnyd. It was made simply by leaving the grapes to hang until they were super-ripe & raisened. After this '91, Beni told Paul "never again". Even though he was being paid by the acerage and not the tonnage. Beni is such a meticulous & conscientious farmer that he was certain all his neighbors were laughing at him behind his back for not harvesting his grapes at the right time and being a sloppy farmer.
Tom

Thanks, Tom -- I have one Essence in the cellar, an 01 Lytton Estate Petite Sirah Essence in 375, running around 10% RS, I think. Sounds like this would be an opportune decade in which to drink it!

[David M. Bueker]

Thanks Tom. I just got my bottles of the 2014 Geyserville Essence.

Patchen - I have that same 2001. Maybe a simultaneous tasting sometime.

David -- Good idea, though I bet yours would be in better shape: you probably got yours from Ridge, whereas this bottle was rescued from the closeout bin at a Chicago wine shop.

[David M. Bueker]

I honestly do not recall where I purchased my bottles, but it was not direct.