Community Tasting Notes 3

• GuanYu Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 28, 2024 - Dark garnet red with 80% orange/20% pink rim, lots of sediment. Blackcurrant, stewed strawberry, prune, candied cherry, dried fig, tobacco, saddle, cedar, spices, honeycomb, tea leaves and earth. Full bodied, medium-high acidity, medium-high tannin, medium structure, medium-high alcohol and medium spicy finish. Bold, complex and explosive. Plenty of tertiary notes and tannins. Good bite on the palate.
  
  Wine at prime or slightly past prime. It still had at least 10 years of life ahead of it if cellared properly. I would starting drinking them up before the fruits completely dried out.
  
  ADDENDUM: 24 hours later in the fridge, tannins had mellowed out a lot. Nose resembled that of a mature vintage port wine. Palate was also more mellow with predominantly tertiary flavors.

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• grapist Likes this wine: 91 points

  July 19, 2013 - Earthy, a bit of pepper. Tasting younger than its 10 years. Mellowed and added complexity in about half an hour.

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• grapist wrote: 89 points

  March 12, 2012 - Very pleasant. Old world style. That is, subtle fruit, easy oak. Got a bit pruney after an hour and a half, so drink up.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Qupé
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Purisima Mountain Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Central Coast
• Appellation Santa Ynez Valley

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• In Cellars 4 (36%)
• Consumed 7 (64%)

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