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2006 Charles Smith Syrah Royal City Stoneridge Vineyard |
| Vintage | 2006 |  | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Charles Smith (web) | ||
| Variety | Syrah | ||
| Designation | Royal City | ||
| Vineyard | Stoneridge Vineyard | ||
| Country | USA | ||
| Region | Washington | ||
| SubRegion | Columbia Valley | ||
| Appellation | Columbia Valley |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 95.5 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 9 notes) | |
| Tasted by Penguin3200 on 2/8/2010 & rated 100 points: This wine was unreal. Massive structure and with berry, smoke, and pepper. Was a bomb in the mouth and the finish just went and went and went. Decanted for 3 hours prior to drinking with grilled kobe NY Strips. Wasn't sure this would live up to teh hype, but it surpassed it by far. (120 views) | |
| Tasted by GJ-captures on 12/17/2009 & rated 99 points: Served by Charles at the Walla Walla Wine Auction Nov.6,2009. Bottles were not decanted, however they were open for 3-4 hrs and they were chilled on ice (I'm guessing serving temp. was some where between 57-62F). Fairly closed nose still. A lot of intense swirling of the wine coaxed out a great bouquet of blackberry, blueberry, meatiness, and cedar. This wine has an amazing balance between the fruit, acidity and alcohol. An ever evolving mouth feel. The bottles I have will not be opened for 3-4 years from now, this is not built for immediate consumption. I think this wine will get better with a couple years of bottle age, 100? (1086 views) | |
| Tasted by eric42 on 12/5/2009 & rated 90 points: I opened and decanted for one hour knowing that it probably wouldn't be ready. Boy was I right, nose was dominated by oak and sweet spices. One of the tightest wines I have ever tried (drank half of a glass). So I poured the wine back in the bottle, sealed it somewhat loosely to try on the 2nd night. 2nd night, the wine was closer to where it should be. Some of the oak influence was still in the aroma, but it was more of a smoky sweet bacon, butterscotch. The wine is very big, and the finish is extremely long (heat still noticeable, though). Aromas and palate match pretty well as I picked up flavors of bacon & smoke, with the addition of black licorice and black pepper. This wine reminds me a lot of my experiences with Syrah from Paso Robles or Central Coast... big, jammy, smoky, and hot. For my personal taste, I'd put this somewhere between Linne Calodo (liked) and Alban (loved). (1337 views) | |
| Tasted by Bestjetsfan on 11/26/2009: This was infanticide because I couldn't wait to try the recent delivery. BIG MISTAKE. One hour after decant, it's still very tight and giving up almost nothing. Bitter tanins make the mouth want to implode. But there seems to be a lot of intense flavor just waiting to escape. 13 hours after decant, I'm revisiting it. Begining to taste like syrah, with pepper, blueberry and cherry, but still bitterness in the mouth. I'm going to put the rest of them in deep storage. I normally like primary relatively new CA syrahs, but this is too raw. (1364 views) | |
| Tasted by schrader on 10/22/2009 & rated 95 points: (1683 views) | |
| Tasted by RPerro on 10/16/2009 & rated 99 points: Decanted for 6+ hours; drank at Storyteller Wine Co. Featured as the $10 "Super Pour" at Storyteller's weekly Friday tasting event, this wine was a knockout. Even with over 6 hours of decanting, it was still over-the-top huge. Definitely not a fruitbomb though. So structured and layer upon layer of flavors: Cassis, blackberry, coffee, chocolate, black pepper, smoked meat, even a bit of a floral component in there. Quite tannic on the finish, drying the mouth slightly. Not overbearing, mind you, but definitely in need of some more bottle age to integrate more. I'd recommend another 3-5 years before opening a bottle. This wine seriously blew me away. I can't wait to get the 2 bottles I pre-ordered from the winery! (2215 views) | |
| Tasted by wino_tim on 9/27/2009 & rated 93 points: Ultra-rich, and ultra-full bodied with nearly sweet flavors of plum, blackberry, and spring flowers. Palate drenching, this is intense and vibrant but still quite polished, lasting nearly forty seconds on the finish. (2443 views) | |
| Tasted by stlbites on 9/5/2009 & rated 94 points: Too young. Took several hours to let loose some fruit but it's going to be awesome someday. (2516 views) | |
| Tasted by The Decantation on 5/1/2009 & rated 94 points: Here is a very special offering that must not be ignored. It was dark, ominous, pure, elegant, super structured and just down right enjoyable. It is what many Syrahs can only dream of being. Look for it soon. It will be pricey $80ish) but well worth the tariff. (2812 views) |
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