2006 Nicholas Cole Cellars Syrah Dauphiné Walla Walla Valley

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  4/26/2017 - costacasa wrote: 91 Points

  Beautiful fruit. Well balanced. So smooth and tasty. Will this continue to improve? Glad I have more bottles. So sad this winery is gone.

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  4/2/2017 - hcnate wrote: 92 Points

  Just a total rockstar bottle of wine, glad I held on to it for 6 years. This wine is pure ink, full mouthfeel. Opened up over the course of the three hours, by the bottom of the bottle of wine it was robust cherry notes. Sadly, like the Nicholas Cole label, it's all gone.

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  2/13/2016 - hesnctrl Likes this wine: 94 Points

  PnV. Oh my...
  
  I don't hand out mid-90 scores very often, but this one is well deserved. Dark and opaque, with dark black fruits, restrained meatiness, and creaminess (how does one smell that?) on the nose. Densely rich with blackberries and a creamy mouthfeel, followed with just the right amount of acid to clean things up, kinda like eating a rich blackberry sundae and chasing it down with some ginger creme brûlée.
  
  Beautifully done.
  
  Enjoyed in a Riedel Vinum Syrah glass at 58F. Surprised to see such variability in experiences with this wine. Perhaps it was served too warm? I can see how this might be totally different above 65F.

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  9/12/2015 - VinoHunter Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Was hoping for more from this as I have had other wines from them that are amazing. Just not enough fruit and too much heat for me. Decanted for 3 hours and drank at the restaurant, it never seemed to open up and mellow.

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  3/6/2015 - dsgris wrote: 90 Points

  When opening the cork broke in half, came out in pieces so I strained and decanted for an hour. Only dark ruby, reticent black currant nose. Initially way too acidic and not drinkable and I like acid. The next nigh showed marked improvement. Tart iodine, roast beef with full body, stemmy tannins. These wines usually take some time to integrate and show much better on day 2-3, I will let this one brood on the counter another night. Hopefully it will get jealous when I drink another and will present a more appealing disposition tomorrow. OK, finally coming around, still inky dark with blackberry nose. Lightly tart tannins, bold fruit, not jammy, still a bit raw and needs to even out and integrate into a hormoneous whole. There is potential, and will wait.

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