2006 Jeff Cohn Cellars Syrah Haley Rockpile Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  1/1/2023 - Crateandbarrell Likes this wine: 93 Points

  delicious notes of cherry and leather with the addition of subdued minerality. nothing offensive here, smooth as a silk purse. needs some tasty jalapeño and cheese sausage to truly light it up. drink happily with comedic company.

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  12/31/2020 - Thek Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Nose: garrigue, lavender, violet, olive brine, black/blue fruit, some alcohol.
  Palate: deep black/inky body, profile similar to nose, fruit is secondary, red velvet cake, some cocoa, slight salinity, high alcohol on palate but not too overwhelming. Moderately tannic, but tannins are very smooth.
  I followed the advice of previous posts, opened and recorked 4 hours before drinking. Was amazing on day 1. Held up very well on day 2, I may slightly prefer day 1 but splitting hairs.
  
  Overall this was possibly the best bottle of 100% syrah I've had. Very memorable and drinking in its prime, with no clear evidence of declining soon.

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  6/4/2020 - mac-eye Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Still something of a tannic beast after 14 years. Fruit is going strong. Very nice! However, still a bit young. Nowhere near the end of its drinking window! Has at least a few more years of improvement, probably through 2025, maybe later.
  Opened up nicely after a day or two and became much better.

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  10/28/2019 - mprachar Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I just opened my last (and oldest) Haley, and I couldn't be happier :)
  
  It's a velvetbomb! All of the big tannins and rich character we get form this wine has mellowed into a great blend of the bold and the beautiful.
  
  For reference, we opened an 07 from my same cellar, and the difference is pretty dramatic. This wine is turning a very interesting corner right now.

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  12/1/2013 - smphelps wrote: 94 Points

  Rich, pure and focused this is quite the treat. Opened, not decanted, but followed over the course of three days, this improved from day one to two and then retreated noticeably. Dark maroon, some purple, and highly aromatic with cherry, coffee, plum, blackberry, blueberry and caramel. Pure delight in the mouth with great weight and presence leading to long full finish. Certainly big and rich, and it needs to be to cover the 15.5% alcohol so effortlessly. Fruit from a site approximately 2000 feet in elevation. Expect to be good for another 5-7 years.

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