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| Drinking window: Drink between 2010 and 2015 (based on 9 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.1 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 52 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by boatman72 on 2/18/2018 & rated 90 points: This drinking very well. Typical Wellington Syrah - delicious! (1766 views) | | | Tasted by ccrida on 1/14/2018 & rated 92 points: Last of 4 bottles, it was delicious and still going strong, but drinking beautifully now, so no regrets. Soft tannins, blueberry and tobacco, awesome with bbq brisket, just enough acid to cut through, and still robust enough fruit to stand up to the smoked beef. (1568 views) | | | Tasted by McMalbec on 10/3/2015 & rated 89 points: Still drinking nicely. Pleased to find that I have a few left. Peter makes good wines at an affordable price. (3042 views) | | | Tasted by Ajrod27 on 2/18/2015 & rated 93 points: This wine is in a great place right now. Color is deep red, not yet bricking. Big nose of fresh ripe blackberries, mission figs, fennel, sarsaparilla, leather, and hints of white pepper. Palate says blackberry and pepper, with a slightly bitter, long leathery finish. Still has plenty of tannin and will likely continue to improve over the next few years. A nice balance of fresh and secondary flavors. I'm ecstatic that I still have a bottle remaining! Hoping I can find more of this at a decent price. (3950 views) | | | Tasted by rjquillin on 12/14/2014: Sad, my only '06 and I thought I had more, but not this vintage; and Peter is SO. He does nice things with his estate syrah. (4276 views) | | | Tasted by BuffaloLou on 3/4/2013 & rated 91 points: C: Plum purple.
N: Leather, blueberry pie, Bing cherries, fennel, dill, and violets. Absolutely gorgeous nose.
P: On the tip of the tongue I'm getting pomegranates. On the mid-palate, it's a medley of black and red berries: blackberries, plum, cherries.
F: Very long
Beautifully balanced and structured with bold fruit and complexity. Nice acidity should help it go the distance. Big and juicy in the mouth. I regret not buying more as this is an excellent QPR! (4528 views) | | | Tasted by NEDoc on 1/31/2013 & rated 88 points: Definitely needed time to breathe. Not a fruit bomb wine, but a nice balance of gamey with some dark fruits. (4157 views) | | | Tasted by merryberry on 12/3/2012 & rated 90 points: Consistent with last year's note. Rich aroma, wonderful mouthfeel, delicious. Give yourself a treat and make sure to save at least half for the next day. (3457 views) | | | Tasted by richardhod on 11/11/2012 & rated 93 points: Outstanding Syrah, and drinking very nicely for a medium-young one. This one not corked and it's such a difference! Much better aftr 24 hours in the decanter, as it's good but tight the first day even after an hour or two, albeit still good. This suggests it will indeed age well for another decade or two!
North-Rhone style, and purple berries, rich, intense. Smooth, hefty body, but balanced acidity, fruit and soft tannins. Tannins are well-integrated now, but they are subtly apparent on the finish, with heft but not over-oaked cloyingness. The acidity zings beautifully, and on the mid-late palate has that almost minerally aspect to it which you want in a top-notch red.
Highly recommended, and I'm so lucky to have bought a case of these at a steal! Will drink gradually, and keep some for a long long time.
Worked very nicely with a cauliflower cheese w bacon and mushrooms. And with ham sandwiches. And a nice hefty root veg soup. Next time I'm having it with maybe cassoulet or something really special. (4177 views) | | | Tasted by richardhod on 10/22/2012 flawed bottle: Sadly it was pretty heavily corked, (bottle whiffed) but even so it was actually drinkable! My friends didn't even notice, the fruit and structure are so powerful. The heavy TCA taint meannt it didn't taste of Syrah though, and I couldn't drink it... such a waste ! (3795 views) | | | Tasted by HitAnyKey on 9/12/2012 & rated 90 points: As others stated, it's a little tight and funky initially, but it's quickly opening up. Dark berries, licorice, and peppery spice notes all dominate. Nicely integrated tannins, good balance, and a decently long finish. Peter's wines never disappoint. (2884 views) | | | Tasted by Ajrod27 on 8/22/2012 & rated 91 points: I opened this bottle yesterday and it started out tight with very little on the nose and palate. Today it's like a whole other wine! A sweet nose of blueberry pie, dark cherries, fennel, pepper and a slight floral note that I can't quite pick out. Violet? Very pleasant; I could just sniff this for an hour! The palate is of blackberries, plum, pomegranate and some bell pepper and spice on the finish. Very balanced and still has the structure to go many more years. Yesterday I would have given it 85 points, today it's definitely 90+ (3013 views) | | | Tasted by joannevicious on 1/5/2012 & rated 89 points: Great QPR. Needs time to open and mellow a bit. Parts could come together more smoothly. Fruit, a bit of spice, hints of oak. Would be fine in bottle a few more years. (3419 views) | | | Tasted by oppsie on 3/7/2011 & rated 90 points: Drinking great right now. Works well with fatty mushroom beef barley soup. (4385 views) | | | Tasted by klezman on 2/3/2011: Starts off a bit tight, astringent and vegetal, even. Needs some air.
After a few minutes starting to get some dark fruit, maybe blackberries. Surprisingly fresh still. Tannins are fairly smooth, there's some white pepper type spiciness too. Evolving well. (3849 views) | | | Tasted by woodwardcellar on 1/30/2011 & rated 90 points: Wow. Wellington wins again. Incredible match with a carnitas sando and fries. Made my Friday night. (3961 views) | | | Tasted by schuey on 11/5/2010 & rated 88 points: Drinking beautifully right now. Compared to the 2006 England Crest Wellington, this is a much riper, more delicious wine at this point. Great mouthfeel, tremendous nose, and an all-around winner in every aspect compared to the England Crest. If you are a wine wooter, you will have gotten both of these wines in the same sale. Wait on the England Crest and drink this now! (4233 views) | | | Tasted by merryberry on 10/23/2010 & rated 90 points: Purple with ruby highlights. Blueberry pie, leather, and spice nose. Medium to full bodied, blackberries, cherries, a kiss of oak, pepper, good acid, supportive sweet tannins, a bit of heat in the back, and a lingering finish. Smooth, integrated, and balanced. Really better than I expected. (3982 views) | | | Tasted by ccrida on 7/9/2010 & rated 91 points: Popped and poured though my soiree, big concentrated fruit on the nose, blueberries. Some alcohol at first but it blows off fairly quickly. Taste is similar, tannic and great acid, smooth, rich and tasty. Really digging this, made a fantastic NY strip steak a world class meal, with the char of the grilled meat it went to the next level. (4293 views) | | | Tasted by TottenCellars on 6/3/2010: Thoroughly enjoyed this bottle of wine. It is a full bodied very dark syrah, very smooth with a slight bit of heat on the finish.
After letting it sit in the decanter for almost 2 hours it really opened up and had really pronounced flavors.
The nose was equally strong.
What I tasted most is what I think is blueberry. Would definitely purchase again. highly recommended (4871 views) | | | Tasted by woodwardcellar on 6/2/2010 & rated 89 points: Definitely needs time to open up right now and is probably best kept in the cellar a while yet still. But the flavors are there and this is a good one. The thing that Wellington consistently does is provide incredible mouth feel in their wines and this one is more of the same. (4490 views) | | | Tasted by Zo65 on 5/17/2010 & rated 91 points: Decanted 3 hours; exceptionally smooth and fruity; appropriately oaked. Absolutely delicious. (4954 views) | | | Tasted by oog on 5/16/2010 & rated 84 points: Consistent with prior note. (4598 views) | | | Tasted by ckeilah on 5/12/2010 & rated 85 points: Dark black-garnet. Big alcohol and earth on the nose. Just hint of fruit. Tart and jammy in mouth. Big initial acid complements fatty CPP. A little tannic; settles down with some air. Short clean finish. (4669 views) | | | Tasted by klezman on 5/1/2010 & rated 88 points: A little harsh at first, but with a little bit of time to open up this turned wonderful. Fruit forward, but not a bomb. Lots of layers and I liked the texture.
Also excellent the second day, although it did lose a bit of the complexity. (4759 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| 2006 Wellington Syrah Estate Vineyard Sonoma ValleyVarietals: 95.2% Syrah, 4.8% ViognierSyrah 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. Estate VineyardFrom the Producer:
Coury Clone Block: In the spring of 2000 we took over the farming of what is now our Estate Vineyard from Autumn Wind Winery and Vineyard. Even though the purchase of the property and business would not occur until later that year we were entrusted with running the operation as if it were our own already. The vineyard was only around 22 acres at the time with a good deal of plantable land available. There were also areas that needed to be addressed. This block was one of those. This was originally planted in 1985. It is on a very steep facing at the apex of the vineyard’s hillside. The terraces that had been built to account for the hill’s grade were collapsing making tractor work hazardous. On top of that years of soil neglect had created an extremely untenable growing environment for the plants. We decided to tear this section out and start again. At this juncture Dijon clones were quite fashionable (not they are not now, just more so in an outsized sort of way back then) and since the vineyard was solely Pommard and Wadensvil we decided to plant Dijon 777. The decision never panned out. Despite having the Etzel Block to its west, the Wadensvil Block to the north and the Hallelujah Block (the largest portion of the Estate Old Vine) this block never produced wine anywhere near the quality of its neighbors. For 15+ years we saw harvests produce wines that usually were scheduled for our Willamette Valley bottling rather than something more unique and individual. While clonal makeup is not the defining character of terroir it is an aspect and in this case, we felt that aspect was holding things back. In the spring of 2019, we traded some vineyard management expertise for cuttings off our block of Coury Clone at Freedom Hill Vineyard. Given our success there and at Hyland Vineyard with this unique, Oregon-based clone we felt like we could maximize the setting. In one vintage, not counting the smoke taint-befouled 2020 vintage, we found that we were proven correct. More good things to come from this interesting part of our Estate!
Farming Practices: We have done the management of this property internally since we purchased it in 2000 with the exception of 2014 and 2015 when Sterling Fox’s management service did the work. Also, at that time, the vineyard was switched entirely to organic farming practices and remains so to this day. The vineyard has always been dry farmed.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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma ValleySonoma County, California, is one of the most important winegrowing regions in the whole of the United States. Vines have been planted here since the 1850s and, apart from the inevitable hiatus brought about by Prohibition, the county's relationship with wine has been prolific and unbroken.
Viticulturally speaking, Sonoma County is divided into three distinct sections: Sonoma Valley, Northern Sonoma and Sonoma Coast. Each of these has its own AVA title and encompasses several sub-AVAs within its boundaries. |
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