2009 Lillian Winery Syrah
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93 Points
Friday, April 3, 2015 - Not much to add to the other reviews. This disciple of Manfred Krankel has turned out exceptional wine year after year (almost a little too consistent for my liking). This effort boasts a dark colour, with medium-high fruit and excellent finishes of tobacco and clove but what impressed me was the right amount of "heat" coming off the wine; most Syrahs of this age are not yet settled, yet this was a perfectly drinkable effort that also easily has 10yrs ahead of it. I have always found Maggie's efforts, like this wine, to be very well integrated. I will invoke the cliché that if you cannot afford SQN, then try this wine instead, it will not disappoint.
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Comment posted by JeffGMorris:
4/3/2015 7:59:00 AM - I love Maggie's wines plus she is a super nice person so I feel good buying from her. On your comment of producing excellent wines in every vintage I would suspect it has to do with selection and not manipulation. I believe very strongly in the old adage "producer over vintage".