Community Tasting Notes 9

• Burgundy Al wrote: 87 points

  February 3, 2018 - Another Saturday at Chevalier...Mostly Blind (Chicago, IL): Tasted double blind. Charming nose, ok flavors. Fully mature black cherry starts off with plenty of charm. Palate isn't perfectly balance with a tart finish. Moderate weight, length and complexity. More interesting than tasty.

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• Nanda wrote: 87 points

  February 3, 2018 - Blind Syrahs at Chevalier (Chicago, IL): Served blind. I really like this nose of savory, funky black fruit with game, blood and black pepper. Nicely layered and complex aromas. The palate however is light, thin and watery with a rustic quality that just doesn't work. 90+ point aromas, but not a complete wine.

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• KenK Likes this wine: 91 points

  September 27, 2015 - A very good drinker at nearly 30 years of age. A dead ringer for a 10 year old CDP. Dark rustic fruit profile with black berry cheeriness. Nice leathery quality with black exotic spices. Well balanced and showing some brawn. Nice and still holding well.

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• AndrewSGHall wrote:

  December 24, 2013 - Very much in line with the bottle of 12/23/12 - polished and suave with some basic old red wine qualities that ended up a framing for earthiness and a level of fruit above the bottles of last year. Had some funk on the backbeat and a lovely dry-down with fougere and citron kind of jag. I am not typically a fan of Syrah aging - and yes, that includes Rhone-y types - but this really wrapped up a nice package.

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• AndrewSGHall Likes this wine:

  December 23, 2012 - Restrained and polished. Nice depth, a bit of earth and funk. Very nice. (And none of the generic aged notes of earlier bottle.)

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1987
• Type Red
• Producer Sean Thackrey
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Orion
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 21 (57%)
• Consumed 16 (43%)

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