Opened one hour in advance. Brambly berry aroma. Clean, earthy black fruit flavors up front, earthiness carries through to the sweet red fruit finish. Mature, robust, firm backbone. In great shape with no sign of decline.
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Bottle direct from the winery, a berserker day purchase. This is very much alive and kicking. On the nose: very happy, some blackberry, a little garrigue. At peak, so drink up!
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Not sure if it's just past prime or prematurely oxidized, but it was certainly in the pruney/raisiny part of the spectrum and the colour had started to brick. Given that it was still a fairly good showing with some of the more expected fruit and meat coming out, but I'd hoped it had more life left in it.
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(Cabot Vineyards Syrah Humboldt County) Very dark red violet color; appealing, bacon fat, smoke nose; smoke, tart black fruit, bacon fat palate; medium-plus finish
4/30/2024 - wineshlub wrote: 92 Points
Opened one hour in advance. Brambly berry aroma. Clean, earthy black fruit flavors up front, earthiness carries through to the sweet red fruit finish. Mature, robust, firm backbone. In great shape with no sign of decline.
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4/27/2024 - mkribar wrote:
Bottle direct from the winery, a berserker day purchase. This is very much alive and kicking. On the nose: very happy, some blackberry, a little garrigue. At peak, so drink up!
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10/21/2023 - klezman wrote:
Not sure if it's just past prime or prematurely oxidized, but it was certainly in the pruney/raisiny part of the spectrum and the colour had started to brick. Given that it was still a fairly good showing with some of the more expected fruit and meat coming out, but I'd hoped it had more life left in it.
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4/22/2022 - Bellissimo wrote:
Picked up within the past 2 years from the winery. Last visited almost 4 years ago.
Bacon fat, iron, menthol, blackberry and pepper. A little chewy, long, long finish.
Still a favorite domestic syrah producer even if a little past prime.
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9/23/2021 - Doc2 Likes this wine:
Very nice with some age
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