2009 Maison Bleue Syrah Liberté Syrah Boushey Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  1/11/2013 - VinLancaster wrote:

  Portland CellarTracker offline (Sauvage et Fausse Piste Winery, Portland, Oregon): Showing a bit closed down at the top. With a bit of air: cherries, dark dried fruits, caramel and desert earth imparted. Bright cranberries, pomegranate, and vanilla spice with masculine overtones coax the palate. Smooth as cream with a bit of tannic grip on the hind palate. Give this another couple years to fully unify. This syrah is pure and breathtakingly beautiful.

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  11/24/2012 - WineBerg Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Double decanted, drank after about 6 hours.
  
  Big, tasty Syrah. Consistent with my last note...Raspberry/blueberry, meats, and I still get a hint of butterscotch.
  
  Needs a couple more years in the cellar, or long decant.

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  10/21/2012 - DavidDay wrote: 92 Points

  Same notes as earlier, four hours of decanting seemed to be about right for opening the wine up.

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  10/13/2012 - WineBerg Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Decanted 1+ hours, consumed over the next 6.
  
  First impressions: Will give this more time in the decanter, but overall smell initially reminds me of CdP. Raspberry, blueberry, hints of butterscotch, mint.
  
  Opened up nicely over the next few hours, and brought more ripe fruit forward as it did. Has a nice tart edge that tempers some of the ripe fruit. Tannins are present and grab pretty hard. After some time, I don't get the CdP nose that I did before though.
  
  Going to go get more of this, and give it a bit more time in the cellar.

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  10/12/2012 - Michael Davidson wrote:

  I'm less enthusiastic about this bottle than the last one I opened.
  
  Still has great acidity (especially for what you'd typically find in WA), but I found the fruit to be a little too jammy this time. Didn't have that nice earthiness to balance it out.
  
  Still good, but not great.

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