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| Drinking window: Drink between 2012 and 2017 (based on 34 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by DEMWine on 1/23/2022: Drinking very well. Nice bouquet. Structured taste. Definitely not old-perhaps coming into its prime (175 views) | | | Tasted by TannicBeast on 5/30/2016 & rated 91 points: Interesting to re-visit this after three years. Deep, opaque ruby (unfiltered and unfined) with some garnet on the rim. The nose is clean, with ripe black fruit (blackberry, plum), ripe blueberries, herbs, alcohol and a hint of vanilla and baking spices. The nose is medium in intensity and developing. The palate is dry, but with a fair amount of fruit, balanced by medium (+) acidity. The alcohol is high at 15.8%. The tannins are still medium to medium (+), polished and drying. The flavors are consistent with the nose, with the addition of some savory spice and licorice. This is full-bodied, with medium (+) flavor intensity and medium (+) length on the slightly bitter finish. Overall, this is a nicely balanced, age-worthy wine which is just a little too fruit-forward and too high in alcohol to hail from the Old World. Nevertheless, it is more of a food wine than a cocktail wine, given its power and opulence. It is drinking well now, but has plenty of life left. (1118 views) | | | Tasted by mda7 on 5/3/2016 & rated 91 points: OMG. Never been a Syrah fan but this one is amazing! Rich, voluptuous, complex and easy to drink alone or with food. (1123 views) | | | Tasted by djlevin on 12/11/2013 & rated 91 points: Strong alcohol on the nose. Hard to pick-up the other aromas. The palate is much more balanced. Less complex than I would have hoped for in an old-world style mid-priced syrah, but it was still very enjoyable. Fruit-forward blackberry, plum and black currant flavors moving to rich dark chocolate and a short bitter finish. Good effort on the texture... not silky, or velvetty, but soft and refined. An amazing feat, considering the alcohol content at 15.8%. Medium tannins and medium-high acidity. The value here was good for a Napa Syrah with some old-world character. This was missing the cool climate complexity I would expect from this style, in higher priced wines. (1966 views) | | | Tasted by TannicBeast on 5/5/2013 & rated 91 points: Beautiful nose, with remarkeable complexity. Unfiltered and unfined. The palate is dry, but with lots of fruit, balanced by medium (+) to pronounced acidity. The alcohol is medium (++) at 15.8%. The tannins are medium plus. Overall, this is a very nicely balanced, age-worthy wine. Undoubtedly new world in style, while retaining some old world elegance and restraint. (1988 views) |
| Delectus Producer websiteSyrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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