Let me preface that I love Ridge. It’s the one Cali wine I buy in most years, and in 2009, loaded up across the spectrum of Zins.
Tonight my wife wanted red with our grilled steak and roasted vegies. Zin is one of the few reds she loves. She loves the spicy wild raspberries and fruit forward character.
Her first sip, “wow, this is the sweetest Zin I have ever had.” A few sips later, “something is wrong with this wine”. Diving in myself, I have to admit, this is the most remarkably sweet, primary Ridge I have ever had. I had most of the '09s on release, and do not recall any of them tasting this sweet. I sure hope this is just in an ugly phase as I went deep on Ridge 2009. This bottle was near undrinkable. I will go back for a second glass in another hour to see what develops.
I recall several months back Craig V. posting somewhere on this BB about how sweet this wine was. I defended Ridge LS 09! Hmm, perhaps he is right on this one.