1981 Pine Ridge Rutherford Cuvee

[bigredwines]

This Bottle of wine is one of my top 5 that I have ever tasted.deep red, a hint of old vines with touch of earth. It had that distinct pinch of pine that I always seem to taste when I have pine ridge and really nice fruit.I would rated this a not much nose with a thin finish. A very good botle of wine.BUT THE MOST EXTRA ORDINARY THING HAPPENED. After 1 hour this juice completely change. the nose was huge and exploding with fruit and the taste was VERY BIG AND VERY BALANCED It explodeded in your mouth and the taste seem to linger FOREVER. I have been enjoying wine for about 3 years and have never had a bottle that had change in it's taste so distinctly.I know that being stored perfectly in ww's cellar for 20 years had to have a lot to do with the joy I experienced with this 81.THIS BOTTLE WAS A 10 WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINISH. AND THE COST...PRICELESS