Community Tasting Note

lstevens wrote:

Friday, June 1, 2007 - Infanticide I know, especially considering I only received 2 bottles from AW. Having said that, I've never had the privilege of drinking a Syrah from this vineyard, although I'm a big fan of the Pinots. I took this home after work, splash decanted, and enjoyed it over a two hour period. Here's my notes...
App-beautiful purple robe, almost black at it's core, daybright, high intensity, no rim variation (5pts)
Nose-med + intensity, fruit driven with background of earth and oak, fruits are black/purple (blackberry, black plum), dusty mocha almost coffee like, black pepper, smoke/char, clove, slight wet earth (12 pts)
Palate-high alcohol, high acid (nice piquantness), slightly aggressive wood tannin, fruit confirmed nose, elements seemed slightly out of balance (youth?), long finish, (16 pts)
Overall-all the parts are there, just a bit disjointed, will not open other bottle for at least 3 yrs (8 pts) Total-91 pts (could be much higher in a few years)

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