Extra dark ruby color, fully opaque and average sediment. Profound blackberry, cassis, tobacco, and bramble aromas. Creamy palate due to some well-integrated oak and a good supply of tannin helping to keep the fruit intact. Acidity seems a bit low but is enough to believe that this could even improve with a little more time. Very much in the style of Mac and Russell; delivering big, bold, and smooth wines. 4+11+16+8= 89
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Also venturied. Nose: dry tobacco leaf, black fruit, and some mushroom. Taste: decent amount of dry leaf and tobacco, inky, and full date jam like tannin. Taste of dates, and blueberry preserve. Quite dense. Medium-full body and dry. Texture is quite smooth, actually great transition from start to the lingering finish. This is a steak wine or grilled portobello if you are a vegetarian like me. A little brightness would bring this to the psychological barrier of 90s.
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-- cork pulled 30 min. before initial taste -- -- tasted non-blind over a couple hours --
NOSE: floral; very oaky; very ripe red fruits; savory stemminess; tons of oak; light note of maple syrup; pepper; would be great with less oak.
BODY: lots of particulate matter present; dark garnet-violet color of great depth; medium-full bodied.
TASTE: very oaky; lots of fine tannins settle in on the front and mid palates; stemmy; non-descript ripe blue/purple berries; tons of oak; 14.8% alc.; big/ripe – typical Paso syrah; low acid; way too oaky.
50, 5, 11, 13, 6 = 85
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6/21/2016 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 90 Points
Darkest purple; big Syrah nose; peppery, ripe grapes, prune compote; big fruit but soft tannins; fat; viscous; BBQ rib wine.
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6/18/2016 - fingers wrote: 89 Points
Extra dark ruby color, fully opaque and average sediment. Profound blackberry, cassis, tobacco, and bramble aromas. Creamy palate due to some well-integrated oak and a good supply of tannin helping to keep the fruit intact. Acidity seems a bit low but is enough to believe that this could even improve with a little more time. Very much in the style of Mac and Russell; delivering big, bold, and smooth wines. 4+11+16+8= 89
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4/22/2016 - David J Cooper wrote: 88 Points
Worst name, almost passed. Nice not too ripe Syrah.
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10/10/2015 - Corgoson wrote: 88 Points
Also venturied. Nose: dry tobacco leaf, black fruit, and some mushroom. Taste: decent amount of dry leaf and tobacco, inky, and full date jam like tannin. Taste of dates, and blueberry preserve. Quite dense. Medium-full body and dry. Texture is quite smooth, actually great transition from start to the lingering finish. This is a steak wine or grilled portobello if you are a vegetarian like me. A little brightness would bring this to the psychological barrier of 90s.
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10/4/2015 - mjm226 wrote: 88 Points
Vinturied and drank. Lots of sediment. Decent body and fairly smooth. Paired well with a beef soup. Decent value for the price.
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4/2/2015 - grafstrb wrote: 85 Points
-- cork pulled 30 min. before initial taste --
-- tasted non-blind over a couple hours --
NOSE: floral; very oaky; very ripe red fruits; savory stemminess; tons of oak; light note of maple syrup; pepper; would be great with less oak.
BODY: lots of particulate matter present; dark garnet-violet color of great depth; medium-full bodied.
TASTE: very oaky; lots of fine tannins settle in on the front and mid palates; stemmy; non-descript ripe blue/purple berries; tons of oak; 14.8% alc.; big/ripe – typical Paso syrah; low acid; way too oaky.
50, 5, 11, 13, 6 = 85
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