A Syrah night in Kampai (Auckland CBD): perfumed aromas of dark fruit preserves, some licorice, pepper and dark spices, rich flavours matching to the aromas, mineral and savoury notes adding another layer of the complexity. full body, ripe tannins, still firm, sufficient acidity to form a grand structure. still young, hold in the next 5 years at least.
RP 98, JD 98, JS 96, Vinous 96
Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 18/20, Overall 5+5/10 Total 96+/100
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Burg/Bordeaux/Italian Dinner with BYO Gang (The Masses Singapore): Medium deep ruby. Very complex nose with aromas that keep evolving through the night, with some jammy plums and cassis, then black pepper, hay, slight barnyard. Full bodied, and with quite some tannin structure, and intensely flavoured with ripe black cherry and cassis, even slightly prunish, then violet florals towards the back with barnyard, hay, and pepper. Very lengthy, and very complex. It still seems rather young, showing only a small piece of what it can really be with age. Great wine!
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Walk around tasting. From magnum directly from producer. Youthful vibrant ruby with purple shades. Jammy, opulent dark fruit on the nose with some bacon too - might be confused with a Barossa Syrah in a blind tasting. On the palate this wine is absolutely massive. There is a wall of tannin that dominates the fruit at this point. Certainly needs (a lot) more time to settle down and come into balance, but will have a long life ahead of it. Should keep well into the middle of this century, but too young for my taste right now.
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Dark purple-red, almost opaque. Aroma of black cherry compote and leather. Super red fruit fruit flavours and hard oak. Hint of Mulberry. Spirity (15%). Too young, but should improve and integrate.
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deepest purple color, luscious nose of black fruits, white chalk and licorice, on the palate sensationally good, ripe, robust, dark spice tones already in full evidence, young, primary and seamless, over the course of 3 hours it slowly opened to reveal wild chalk and game notes as the deep, dark and intense fruit impressed and even thrilled, as the prior TN poster has indicated- this is indeed very much worthy of the high praise that has been heaped upon it and promises to be a legendary vintage for this storied wine.
(*****), 2033++ but if you have several bottles now is a fun time to give one a try before it shuts down
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11/4/2023 - evanqian wrote: 96 Points
A Syrah night in Kampai (Auckland CBD): perfumed aromas of dark fruit preserves, some licorice, pepper and dark spices, rich flavours matching to the aromas, mineral and savoury notes adding another layer of the complexity. full body, ripe tannins, still firm, sufficient acidity to form a grand structure. still young, hold in the next 5 years at least.
RP 98, JD 98, JS 96, Vinous 96
Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 18/20, Overall 5+5/10
Total 96+/100
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6/28/2023 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 94 Points
Burg/Bordeaux/Italian Dinner with BYO Gang (The Masses Singapore): Medium deep ruby. Very complex nose with aromas that keep evolving through the night, with some jammy plums and cassis, then black pepper, hay, slight barnyard. Full bodied, and with quite some tannin structure, and intensely flavoured with ripe black cherry and cassis, even slightly prunish, then violet florals towards the back with barnyard, hay, and pepper. Very lengthy, and very complex. It still seems rather young, showing only a small piece of what it can really be with age. Great wine!
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6/21/2023 - J&M Cave à vin wrote: 93 Points
A perfect match for a light grilled dinner out on a terrace in a warm summer night with candles, music and beloved company
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10/27/2022 - streethawk wrote:
Walk around tasting. From magnum directly from producer. Youthful vibrant ruby with purple shades. Jammy, opulent dark fruit on the nose with some bacon too - might be confused with a Barossa Syrah in a blind tasting. On the palate this wine is absolutely massive. There is a wall of tannin that dominates the fruit at this point. Certainly needs (a lot) more time to settle down and come into balance, but will have a long life ahead of it. Should keep well into the middle of this century, but too young for my taste right now.
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11/15/2021 - SixHedgehogs Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark purple-red, almost opaque. Aroma of black cherry compote and leather. Super red fruit fruit flavours and hard oak. Hint of Mulberry. Spirity (15%). Too young, but should improve and integrate.
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5/6/2021 - Niagara wrote:
opened one early. too early! kind of a Sweet-Tart or PEZ sort of tang going on here. Unsettling.
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5/1/2021 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
Decanted 4 hours prior to tasting
deepest purple color, luscious nose of black fruits, white chalk and licorice, on the palate sensationally good, ripe, robust, dark spice tones already in full evidence, young, primary and seamless, over the course of 3 hours it slowly opened to reveal wild chalk and game notes as the deep, dark and intense fruit impressed and even thrilled, as the prior TN poster has indicated- this is indeed very much worthy of the high praise that has been heaped upon it and promises to be a legendary vintage for this storied wine.
(*****), 2033++ but if you have several bottles now is a fun time to give one a try before it shuts down
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12/26/2020 - Sr. Fuego wrote:
This is a delicious wine and will be amazing in the next 5 years.
It is properly rated
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