Ridge Pagani Ranch Zinfandel 1998

Zinfandel
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    Ridge Pagani Ranch Zinfandel 1998 Front Label
    Ridge Pagani Ranch Zinfandel 1998 Front Label

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    Varietal

    Producer

    Vintage
    1998

    Size
    750ML

    Features
    Collectible

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    Winemaker Notes

    Deep strawberry-red color; full, viscous, with rich, sweet boysenberry fruit; earth, leather notes; structured for a Pagani, with firm acid and chalky tannins; tea and tobacco leaf; black confiture; excellent long sweet/sour balance on finish; great peppercorn and truffle oil nose; shows exotic Pagani terroir; not as ripe as usual, but still shows classic boysenberry, blackberry, and peppery old-vine Zin character; some austerity with tannins.

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    Ridge's history begins in 1885, when Osea Perrone, a doctor and prominent member of San Francisco's Italian community, bought 180 acres near the top of Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He planted vineyards and constructed a winery of redwood and native limestone in time to produce the first vintage of Monte Bello in 1892. The historic building now serves as the Ridge production facility.

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