2008 Lillian Winery Syrah Blue Label
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cpsmith33 Likes this wine:
92 Points
Friday, September 19, 2014 - Decanted and drank over 4 hours.
This is very well made, super modern style Syrah.
Huge fruit, dark and brooding but it isn't messy and stewed like some others of this style. Still this just isn't so representative of Syrah but good when you want this style of wine - whether Syrah or Cab or a blend of some sort. Not great QPR.
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Comment posted by dsgris:
9/19/2014 9:22:00 PM - I have yet to drink any of my Lillian. Thanks for the note. I will continue to let them age and not buy anymore. I enjoy a nice $25 PN or three for the same money. I really do like Maggies's PN which I will occasionally buy instead. Just for old times sake, I may buy a single this year instead of a 3 pack to keep the vertical going.
Comment posted by cpsmith33:
9/20/2014 3:39:00 AM - Yeah for $100 it's just tough and you can get some amazing Rhone bottles that are frankly more representative of the grape than this. I do love her whole program and what she is trying to do but just not good QPR...also no acidity so hard with food ( a meal itself!)...regular label at $70 is still hard to truly warrant but better than the blue label or gold I think is what it is now.
Comment posted by caeleric:
9/20/2014 11:02:00 AM - personally I haven't seen enough out of the blue label to warrant its price increase over the "regular."