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Label borrowed from 2015
Community Tasting Notes 4
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Billy Swan Likes this wine:
March 10, 2013 - No bakelite or burning rubber in this one. More like northern Rhône casting longing looks towards Burgundy and the natural wine scene. It's flowery syrah, light blackberries with a notch of pepper, a tad of asian spice and something like clay or a muddy lake. Acidity is really nice, towards oranges, tannins are there but very rounded. Excellent.
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AndersThoresson wrote: 90 points
February 22, 2013 - A truly mind-boggling wine, as mentioned before. A Syrah that feels like either a Bourgogne or a Nebbiolo. And from SA on top of that! Red fruits, tar, autumn notes. Smooth with precise acidity and tannins. A great experience.
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peblin Likes this wine: 89 points
August 3, 2012 - A truly mind-expanding wine. Elegant and light, spicy and fruity, fine-grained tannins and good balance - all in all, a perfect, cool-climate (French) wine - think "natural", serious Beajolais. ...from South Africa!? Mind-expanding, excellent and really showing a completely new attractive style of SA wine.
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Finare Vinare wrote: 88 points
April 16, 2012 - Cloudy, warm red appearance with some bricking. "Natural" northern rhône-like nose with powder liquorice, gunsmoke, red plum preserve and green herbal notes. Medium bodied taste with low alcohol, refreshing and food-friendly - but watch out for the greenish, somewhat spiky acidity. It gets annoying at higher temp but works well when served around 14-15 degrees. Good with fatty cheese where the acidity cuts through and rinses the palate. Interesting enough to be drunk several times.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer The Observatory
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country South Africa
- Region Coastal Region
- SubRegion Swartland
- Appellation n/a
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 9 (41%)
- Consumed 13 (59%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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