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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by RPerro on 3/25/2024 & rated 93 points: 2 hour decant; very delicious Syrah, as I have come to expect from Maggie Harrison and her team. Dark berry fruit is primary, with some nice savory elements showing up on the midpalate and finish: Espresso, cracked peppercorn and tar, along with a bit of dark chocolate. Wish I had more! Drink now with air - 2032. (350 views) | | | Tasted by Hanibal on 2/11/2024 & rated 91 points: Too primary and in your face … needs another 5 years min to relax (543 views) | | | Tasted by hrazdiiv on 8/26/2023 & rated 93 points: Another wonderful wine by one of the best producers in the US today, not a statement I make lightly. The wine is dark, purple red, almost no bricking, high viscosity - but not overwhelming. Nose is beautiful with dark blue fruits, tobacco, bacon fat - typical savory telltale signs that are frequently present in these wines. Silky texture, this wine has always exhibited incredible combination of elegance and power. Harmonious on the finish, the viscosity allows it to lengthen on the palate. Excellent year in, year out, even in a mediocre vintage like 2017. Improved over the course of the evening, so will likely continue to evolve more of the complex savory notes that might propel the score even higher next time. (757 views) | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 4/27/2023 & rated 91 points: Dark purple, medium-full bodied, balanced savory dark fruit with hints of smoke and bacon fat on the nose and palate with a big lingering tangy finish.
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2023/04/family-birthday-dinner-at-son-ryans.html (1118 views) | | | Tasted by brouigu1 on 3/3/2023 & rated 90 points: We did a side by side tasting of the 2017 Lillian and the 2018 Lillian.
Both were decanted although the 2017 was decanted an hour longer. Both are nice representations of Syrah and well made but not impressive. We have been a fan of Lillian and Antica Terra, but these two Syrah’s were not complex and a tad underwhelming.
Nice dark fruit and hints of smoke on the nose and palate. Both were decently balanced as well, but the flavor profile was lacking IMO. (1188 views) | | | Tasted by Mtnmd1 on 10/30/2022 & rated 92 points: Youthful and closed up on first opening. Decanted for an hour to get it started which helped. Shared out so didn’t last to hour 3. Balanced, dark fruit with a pitch towards the savory side but just a touch. Restrained power. (1333 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 8/20/2022: Siggy's Annual BBQ (Chez Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): issSmall taste. Love the Lillian wine in general and find them balanced and well done. This just isn't there yet. Give it some time. NR. (1832 views) | | | Tasted by Amerique on 7/3/2021 & rated 92 points: Smooth, rich blackberry fruit with earth and slight vanillin flavors, excellent structure, ample finish, very good but expected more richness, depth, and complexity of flavors, Carlisle Syrahs are better! (2113 views) | | | Tasted by Sauvyfan on 9/30/2020 & rated 94 points: Outstanding. One of the finer Syrahs I've had. Elegant without being weak. Could be my new favorite. (2330 views) |
| Lillian Winery 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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
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