This wine was a tale of two nights. Night one it was decanted for a few hours and showed some funky notes and then was completely muted. I thought it was corked and I heard fellow taster NDPRAUBER's voice in my head "don't dump it and save it for night two." I did pump out the air and saved it for the next night. On night two, it came alive from the brink of death and and was really nice. It showed creamy blueberries, earth, slate and some spice and was a nice syrah from the Jaffurs team. I'm glad I didn't give up on this wine on night 1.
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HdR Opening Tasting: Wow. Always one of my favorites off this vineyard. I meant to ask Chris Hammell why. This vintage is just stunning. Young and hedonistic now, it seems to be very deep with the stuffing for a long life. Wish I had some.
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Big cherry cola notes initially, then tar and ash. Zippy acidity. No signs of heat. I thought the '09's were an off vintage, but this one may have me rethink that notion. Great wine. 93 ish. Should cellar for years yet.
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Juicy blackberry and blueberry pie w herbs and light tar and smoke. Super dense. Finish goes on for 60 seconds. Killer syrah; drink now or hold for 3-5 years.
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10/24/2016 - CRAUBER4242 Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wine was a tale of two nights. Night one it was decanted for a few hours and showed some funky notes and then was completely muted. I thought it was corked and I heard fellow taster NDPRAUBER's voice in my head "don't dump it and save it for night two." I did pump out the air and saved it for the next night. On night two, it came alive from the brink of death and and was really nice. It showed creamy blueberries, earth, slate and some spice and was a nice syrah from the Jaffurs team. I'm glad I didn't give up on this wine on night 1.
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4/18/2016 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 94 Points
HdR Opening Tasting: Wow. Always one of my favorites off this vineyard. I meant to ask Chris Hammell why. This vintage is just stunning. Young and hedonistic now, it seems to be very deep with the stuffing for a long life. Wish I had some.
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9/8/2015 - Mootsie Likes this wine:
Big cherry cola notes initially, then tar and ash. Zippy acidity. No signs of heat. I thought the '09's were an off vintage, but this one may have me rethink that notion. Great wine. 93 ish. Should cellar for years yet.
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6/11/2015 - BBencz Likes this wine: 94 Points
Juicy blackberry and blueberry pie w herbs and light tar and smoke. Super dense. Finish goes on for 60 seconds. Killer syrah; drink now or hold for 3-5 years.
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12/20/2014 - pilot360 wrote:
Very dense, comes straight through as wonderful black current. Slickness and nice char smokiness. Seared beef on a hot char grill.
Much lighter in the mouth. Green plum, clove.
Pretty good.
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