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• smorris291 Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 4, 2024 - Final of three bottles. A bit muted on first evening, even with a 4 hour decant. Still pretty tannic, with dark fruits. Improved overnight while in the decanter measurably—really opened up and became more interesting. 90 on night one and 92 on night two: so 91 overall.

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• smorris291 wrote: 91 points

  May 22, 2022 - Second bottle, about a year after I opened the last one. Dark, opaque purple in the glass. Dark fruits with spice, turning to a briny olive on the palate. Still pretty tannic, long finish. On night two, some of the fruit had fallen away…but overall still great. I just find these Riverain Syrahs so, so fascinating.

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• Geoff Weathersby Likes this wine: 92 points

  January 30, 2022 - Dark, inky and delicious. Still very young. Could use another 3-5 years.

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• mdahar wrote: 92 points

  June 22, 2021 - Drank with 2 hour decant and was great. This have some of the northern Rhone flavours but this is clearly California syrah. This should continue to be great for many years

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• smorris291 wrote: 91 points

  May 1, 2021 - Dark, almost opaque purple in the glass. Started out more primary with dark berry fruits, but over the evening more smoke and pepper came out. Not as savory as the 2012 version, but still delicious. (Convinced my friend who generally dislikes CA wines, too!) Will hold on to the other two bottles and see how they develop.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Riverain
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Cardiac Hill
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Bennett Valley

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• In Cellars 136 (52%)
• Consumed 127 (48%)

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