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2012 Cline Cellars Syrah Cool Climate Sonoma Coast
Syrah
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Sonoma Coast
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Community Tasting Notes 9
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The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 88 points
August 30, 2023 - Retail $25. Heavy bottle. I picked up this bottle on a visit to the winery back in 2015. This week, I am trying to do a little inventory in the cellar and I came across this bottle which I immediately realized needed to be consumed. Fairly dark in the glass with stewed plum and blackberry aromas. Add in a bit of anise, menthol, and pencil shavings, and we are almost there. As some have mentioned, there is a bit of Brett here, but it is far from debilitating, in fact, I find it, um, charming? Sure, this is likely past its prime, maybe even "well past" but I find it charming if not compelling.
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CarmenScott Likes this wine: 90 points
May 15, 2021 - Still a delicious wine. Blackberry and cherry finish. Perfect with a spicy Ethiopian wat.
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Geoffwine Likes this wine: 89 points
February 16, 2018 - Lovely right now. A delicate, mild blueberry-flavoured, mid-palate sweetness make this an enjoyable drink. Certainly a light northern Rhone style; possibly lacking a little heft and complexity but very drinkable. Don't keep any longer.
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Teawine Likes this wine:
April 10, 2017 - Very interesting - in the good kinda way... Big aromas, with lots going on: blackberry, blackcurrant, and olive, with toasty savoury aromas. Smoke and old leather. Black pepper. Slight reductive smell, but still ok to me. Enjoyable wine! Still has potential.
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thehaughleydrinker Likes this wine: 88 points
October 10, 2016 - Deep purple, with a red tinge. Delicious red fruits on the nose, dominated by raspberry. Finely balanced in the glass, smokey red fruits but perhaps a touch too much smoke that fails to pull this into the 90s. Very well made though, but £16 is enough.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type Red
- Producer Cline Cellars
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation Cool Climate
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Sonoma Coast
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 23 (30%)
- Consumed 53 (70%)
Food Pairing
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationSonoma Coast
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