Community Tasting Note

• grafstrb wrote: 87 points

  September 29, 2009 - – decanted for one hour before tasting –
  – tasted non-blind over 2-3 hours –
  
  NOSE: A rather straightforward bouquet of dark fruits, oak and smoky beef jerky.
  
  BODY: lots of fine particulate matter; medium-full to full bodied; dark purple color of great depth.
  
  TASTE: very ripe, perhaps concentrated, dark fruits – grapey, blackberries; oak; alcohol; hints of woody spice; hint of campfire smokiness; 30 sec. finish is shorter than I expected from this wine, given its weight, density, and alcohol (15.5%). Obviously a warm climate new world syrah. Definitely showing better than the last bottle I had. Solid, not spectacular.
  
  B: 50, 5, 11, 15, 6 = 87

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