2008 Lillian Winery Syrah
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 - Couldn't resist opening another bottle of this for Valentines Day. I'm starting to feel a compulsion to horde this wine.
Decanted 4+ hours. 15.3% ABV
This is fantastic tonight, along with some Aged Prime NY Strip steaks from the local butcher. Wife agrees! Ticking this up another point; I'm in love.
My first thought when I tasted this today was '06 SQN Raven. Consistent with my last notes; a gorgeous wine, cured meat, salami?, florals, vanilla, wife says pink grapefruit...She always gets more citrus flavors than I do!
As a follow up note: I pop 'n poured another bottle of this the next day to compare with the bottle that had been open a day. Night and day difference...the pop 'n pour bottle (which I'd probably give a 90 or so) really showed a lot of barrel flavors, to the detriment of everything else....this really, really benefits from at least a few hours in the decanter to let the barrel flavors subside, and just keeps getting better the longer you give it.
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Comment posted by emrugger:
2/17/2013 1:59:00 PM - I have had the exact same "hording" feeling. Not a good thing given the wine's price, but damn it's worth it.