Community Tasting Note

Frank Murray III wrote:

Thursday, July 11, 2019 - Decided to open my last remaining bottle, as I had stuck it on my 'drink queue' in CT given the poor showing of the first bottle. I'm jazzed to report that the bottle tonight is nothing like the poor showing from last November. This bottle has lots of depth and stuffing, inky and dark toned with blueberry and black cherry fruit. In fact, if I was served this bottle blind, you could fool me into thinking it is a barrel sample because it exhibits some very primary qualities. This sends me a signal about the quality of the 2015, as nearly 4 years out from harvest it can show these kinds of youthful notes. Has some of the imprint too of whole cluster, with some creosote, herb and olive. This finishes with some grainy tannin and a raw, bold quality, with tang, charcoal and slate. It's hard to believe the contrast between how crappy the bottle was last year against how good this bottle shows tonight. Too bad this is my last one, as I bet this vintage of Hawks will last a good long time. FWIW, labeled at 13.9% ABV, which is quite high in the range for syrah that Wells made in recent years. Maybe this speaks to the density and concentration of the vintage.

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