Sorry to interrupt the flow of conversation, but I am prone to forget about random discoveries if I don’t post immediately.
While searching for information about the fate of the old-vine “Angeli Ranch”, I found out that Ridge Vineyards bottled an “Angeli” Zinfandel back in the day:
Ridge 1981 “Angeli” Zinfandel
"Vintage Notes:
“In the Fall of 1981, the old ‘Angeli Vineyard’ on the warm slopes above Alexander Valley ripened very fully before it could be harvested. With two years of bottle age this excellent wine will soften and the richness and intensity of flavors will dominate. It should be in its prime for three or four years thereafter. PD (1/83)”
The website states that this wine was bottled with 0.11% residual sugar by weight, and ABV of 15.6%.
The label image provided for an old offer on WineBid makes it seem that this was a dry late-harvest Zin…?