Community Tasting Notes 7

• Shiraziste wrote:

  November 29, 2005 - This was a wine I really enjoyed at the last IVSA, I thought the price-point was fair - for our market that is, and I've always been a big fan of their Rhone blends in the past.
  The '02 is a medium bodied blueberry/blackberry fruited little monster, not huge on the palate but nicely concentrated. I found the wine did best with 1.5 hours of air, filling out some of the Grenache cranberries and spice.
  Black licorice and pepper, dark fruits, some bramble, a background of light oak. The finish is full with blackberries, sweet tannins, sour acid, and shrill intensity.
  I'd buy it again in a heartbeat!

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• Drugstore Cowboy wrote: 88 points

  September 2, 2005 - Another good Qupe value. Tastes of plum & some tannin. Very drinkable.

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• Florida Keys Girl wrote: 85 points

  August 3, 2005 - A decent syrah. Lots of oak, some sweetness. Not bad at best.

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• dfitzg2 wrote: 92 points

  March 17, 2005 - Great value! A favorite when tasted against other Syrah.

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• mdstenner wrote: 87 points

  February 26, 2005 - This was a solid wine. A good spicy/peppery nose with other aromas of raspberry and mixed herbs. A little earthiness in the mouth with flavors of blackberry and black pepper. Medium-bodied with noticeable tannins and a good finish. Would have liked a little more complexity and minerality but a good dinner wine nevertheless.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Qupé
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Central Coast
• Appellation Central Coast

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• In Cellars 26 (37%)
• Consumed 45 (63%)

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