The 1970 Jimsomare tasted awfully good in 1986---wish I had another-- bought
mine from Ranch manager @ Ridge thanks to the late Dave Bennion who found
Paul Draper and made some great wine himself.
"DPM" > wrote in message news:MyPqh.8944$wq.134@trndny07...
> > >Dale: I haven't had the Geyserville recently. I typically give them 5+
> > >years before opening, as I like them better with some bottle age. I'll
> > >be opening the '95 soon, though ;-)
> >
> > Envy rears its ugly head once again--I KNOW I should, but somehow I
> > can't hold wines that long. It gets reinforced regularly when I've got
> > something that I've been disciplined about and kept for a couple of
> > years yet one thing or another keeps getting the good intentions
> > dashed. I suspect it is that my consumption rates are consistently
> > ahead of my acquisition pace.
> > >
> Ed,
>
> I "lost" a 95 Pagani in the cellar, only to find it last summer. We
opened
> it for my wife's birthday. I was truly amazed by it's power and balance
and
> amazing fruit. Another reminder of how well and gracefully Ridge Zins
age.
>
> Dean
>
>