2011 Reynvaan Family Vineyards Syrah Foothills Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 93.1 points

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  3/17/2024 - Fugu Me Likes this wine:

  PnP, consumed over three days. Definitely more savory, earth, and spice notes than fruit. A lot of depth to this wine, it was equally good with food (filet mignon) and by itself with plenty to contemplate. No hint of fading, or even peaking. This stayed the course through the several days it sat opened under cork on my kitchen counter.

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  10/11/2022 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 96 Points

  Day 1: Aromatic! Strawberry, wet stones, black pepper, violets, earth, green olives and pepper corn. While not a powerhouse the finish on this wine is quite long. Complex and a thinking wine drinkers' wine. Outstanding effort and many more years of drinking. 94 points
  Day 2: Nice evolution of change on day 2. This is a bit bigger in style than the elegance of day 1. Blueberries, cherry, black pepper, earth, black olives, exotic spices, rose petals and wet stones. Super complex and even better than day 2. Yes 10 plus years from vintage good wines improve on day 2 and there is a solid glass waiting day 3. 95 points
  Day 3: Hard to believe this improved on day 3 considering its age but it did. Black olives, exotic spices, roasted meats, black pepper, rose petals, pepper corn, earth and blueberries and sour cherry. Long, complex finish over a minute. Certainly, a wine of the year candidate and better than any Syrah I tasted at the Walla Walla Syrah Festival this past summer. 96 points
  Recommendation: This wine is off the charts and for the $75 I paid with shipping I am thrilled I have one more. Drink through 2030.

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  10/7/2021 - caroleandjay Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Delicious, but I still prefer their Rocks offerings. Guess I like the funk over the pepper.
  Clear, medium garnet with purple hues. Significant meniscus with high viscosity.
  N - Black pepper, white pepper, smoked meats and olive.
  P better than nose. Plum, blueberry, olive, smoked meats, and yes - plenty of pepper.
  S - Dry, full bodied, Med+ acidity, fine Med+ tannins still present. Long finish.
  Even at 10 years I think this still has quite a ways to go.

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  7/25/2021 - bhouk wrote:

  Totally in swing, with plenty of olive tapenade, meat and sweat, shot through with salty, stony minerality. Core of blackberries. Great effort in a great place. Singing now.

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  5/1/2020 - Radboy wrote: 97 Points

  Simply exquisite! Best at the two to three hour mark. Prime time baby!

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