Booker, Ripper 22 Grenache, Paso Robles

Booker · California › Paso Robles › United States of America

Red · Grenache
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LWIN 1773486
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91 /100
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3
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Taster #9300 · Oct 25, 2024
89/100
This bottle was disappointing... even after two hours in decanter, it was tight and a bit tart. It got a little better with the food (Chow Mein) but never really opened up to the lush Grenache flavor we expected. Have I let it age too long? Not long enough?
2018 vintage
Taster #7398 · Mar 23, 2024
93/100
Pulled cork a few hours in advance, served from bottle. Nose of dark fruits. Blackberries, plum and vanilla. Very smooth and balanced with integrated tannins. Lush mouthfeel. Fairly long finish. Paired well with pork roast.
2018 vintage
Taster #7414 · Jan 30, 2024
91/100
Fruity, with a little oak. Good food wine. Best on first day.
2018 vintage
Taster #4240 · Jun 2, 2023
Seeking opinions here. I'm a big fan of the regular Booker wines; Ripper, Fracture, Oublie, and Vertigo are all excellent young and they also age well. I do not enjoy the 22's as much. I even contacted Booker and asked if I should let them age for years but they said no, they were ready to go sooner than the regular wines. For this bottle, the oak is in check (usually it's pretty heavy in the 22's) but this hits …
2018 vintage
Taster #0574 · Apr 15, 2023
was a bit worried that this would have too much oak based on comments here, but it seems to have integrated at this point. smooth and juicy.
2018 vintage
Taster #0740 · Jun 26, 2021
Cranberry, pomegranate, raspberry — lots of oak, vanilla, baking spice, clove. Medium acidity, kind of has that forestry quality. This is probably about as far as I’d go with the oak, it’s definitely noticeable.
2018 vintage
Taster #3922 · May 28, 2021
Medium ruby. Black cherry, blackberry, plum. Dry, medium+ acidity, medium- tannin, medium- body. Cherry, blackberry. Medium finish. Fuller bodied more complex Grenache than just juice.
2018 vintage
Taster #6512 · Dec 20, 2020
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are fast. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like plum, vanilla, clove and butterscotch. It tastes like cherry, cranberry and cinnamon. The body is medium. The wine has leathery texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.
2018 vintage