RIDGE VINEYARDS, GEYSERVILLE 1990 (1.5L) Dessert brimming with rich currant

brimming with rich currant

At age twenty-four the bouquet is quite Pichon Lalande-like

the sixth generation of this renowned family to produce wine in the southern Rhône

5-hectare parcel of steeply sloping decomposed pink granite was planted in the 1950s

RIDGE VINEYARDS, GEYSERVILLE 1990 (1.5L) Dessert brimming with rich currantBase of Neck; damp stained and torn label 92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate This 90 Geyserville actually got better and better in the glass. At first quite sweet and rich on the nose, almost porty and perhaps one dimensional. But returning after 10 15 minutes there was a wonderful purity and femininity. The palate is decadent, a little prune perhaps with a savory note on the mid palate. Well integrated tannins, lovely silky texture leading to a