Opened and let sit in the bottle 3 hours to come up to temp before decanting for an hour. Intense dark fruits on the nose, wine is a deep purple/garnet at the edges.
We drank with an adult dinner of cheeses and bread. The first thing that hits you is the fruit here - very concentrated, very fruit forward - super long 8-10 second finish. The roquefort was probably the only cheese able to cut through the fruit and it was a v nice combo. Everything else was overpowered by the fruit here.
Think I'll wait to see the fruit recede a little on these over the coming years but I'm excited to see where these 2014 Sympa's go.
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Wonderful wine. Rich and creamy with black cherry and dark plums up front. Mid-palate notes of mocha, black licorice, baking spice, earth and toasty oak Supple tannins, long finish. Great now but no rush.
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Supplemental wine in a seven course wine and food pairing NYE party. The cab served in the 6th course was so amazing and it went so quickly that I opened this while the 7th course was being prepared. This was served with just a short decant and yet showed beautifully. Dark and earthy with nice fruit and good supporting structure. If I had tasted blind might of guessed from Las Piedras Vineyard. Really nice.
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8/25/2023 - sswine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opened and let sit in the bottle 3 hours to come up to temp before decanting for an hour. Intense dark fruits on the nose, wine is a deep purple/garnet at the edges.
We drank with an adult dinner of cheeses and bread. The first thing that hits you is the fruit here - very concentrated, very fruit forward - super long 8-10 second finish. The roquefort was probably the only cheese able to cut through the fruit and it was a v nice combo. Everything else was overpowered by the fruit here.
Think I'll wait to see the fruit recede a little on these over the coming years but I'm excited to see where these 2014 Sympa's go.
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5/26/2023 - brianofthevine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wonderful wine. Rich and creamy with black cherry and dark plums up front. Mid-palate notes of mocha, black licorice, baking spice, earth and toasty oak Supple tannins, long finish. Great now but no rush.
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12/31/2021 - iamandyc Likes this wine: 94 Points
Supplemental wine in a seven course wine and food pairing NYE party.
The cab served in the 6th course was so amazing and it went so quickly that I opened this while the 7th course was being prepared. This was served with just a short decant and yet showed beautifully. Dark and earthy with nice fruit and good supporting structure. If I had tasted blind might of guessed from Las Piedras Vineyard. Really nice.
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12/28/2018 - southpaw25 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Amazing coravined taste. Sitting for a few more years
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