> I found notes for six occasions with the Ridge Paso Robles Late Picked
> '97:
>
> >Fruity bomb. Wonderful after dinner. Too sweet for a meal. (June '00)
> >Seemed a little pruny rather than the smooth sweetness on earlier
tasting. (Nov '00)
> >Great sipper, but probably too sweet for with meals. (July '01)
> >Holding as a sweet, pleasant after dinner wine. Much too heavy for
serving with food. (July '03)
> >Excellent bottle. Warm nose with loads of blueberry and ripe plum.
Syruppy with long legs in the glass. Dark plum color. Big rich mouthful of
blueberry, plum, cassis and maybe some leather and spice. Wonderful sipping
wine. (Sept '03)
> >Strictly a dessert wine. Powerful fruit aromas and taste. Smooth, full,
long finish. Great sipper. Hated to see the last bottle gone. (Feb '04)
>
> Clearly the wine developed over a couple of years, and with the high
> alcohol content, it had the potential for a very long life. It
> certainly carried the pruny, plum, dark fruit flavors you mentioned in
> the Cline.
>
Ed, thanks for the tasting notes. I bought the Ridge shortly after release,
and although my cellar is a little warm, my bottle has probably evolved
along the same track as your notes. I'll not be in a rush to open it, but
I've only got one, so it's nice to see how it's developing.

Thanks again,
Dean