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Community Tasting Notes 13
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Mark Brandon Likes this wine: 92 points
August 6, 2018 - Needs a couple more years, but with a decant was excellent. Blue/black fruit-forward, oak is starting to settle, definite charcoal and savory notes behind the fruit. Not peaking yet.
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sophiesmom Likes this wine: 92 points
January 31, 2017 - Perfect smooth black fruit with good oak but not too many tannins. Blackberry and tobacco. Well balnced and medium to short finish.
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bjamesclark wrote: 92 points
August 17, 2016 - Allowed to decant for 3+ hours.
Explosive aromas spout from the glass carrying intense scents of boysenberry, marrionberry, blackberry and plum are heavily laced with scents of graham cracker crumbs, cinnamon, vanilla, violets, pastry dough, black licorice and milk chocolate.
On the palate rich texture with medium to medium-plus density. Ripe, soft tannins and juicy berry acidity. Flavors confirm the nose with rich flavors of boysenberry, blackberry, marionberry, and plum with graham, vanilla, violets, cinnamon, milk chocolate, black licorice and freshly proofed pastry dough.
Expressive through the lingering finish. Still a rock solid fruit forward syrah. -
psjj Likes this wine: 89 points
July 20, 2015 - Fairly oak-ey and a lot of the fruit flavor was absent. Still, it was smooth and pleasant and had somewhat smokey, saline components to it.
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Mark Brandon wrote: 90 points
April 26, 2015 - No idea where this will head. SO BIG and OAKY. Gonna wait for at least 3 years to see where it lands. My instinct is that it will be terrific down the road a good ways.
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By Sean Sullivan
12/19/2012 (link) **** points(Dunham Cellars Syrah Columbia Valley) Aromatically locked up at present but when it opens it reveals blueberries, violets, and sweet spices. On the palate, a broadly appealing wine that is packed tightly with dense fruit flavors and a somewhat surprising amount of tannins. 100% Syrah. Aged in French (59%) and American oak. 13.8% alcohol. 602 cases produced.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type Red
- Producer Dunham Cellars
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region Washington
- SubRegion Columbia Valley
- Appellation Columbia Valley
- UPC Code 833067005011
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 115 (31%)
- Consumed 251 (69%)
Food Pairing
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- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationColumbia Valley
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