2009 Novy Family Wines Syrah Susan's Hill Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  9/1/2018 - Night Train Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Took to a party, so no detailed notes. Good varietal character, but it seemed slightly past its prime. Still OK, but it's time to drink up.

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  12/29/2015 - Aparritz Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Started off smoky and savory and then moved too dark fruit and spice. Wish the savoryness would have lasted a little longer but overall this was a killer Santa Lucia Syrah.

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  1/31/2015 - dsgris Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Dark purple brown, dry with tart chewy tannins on the PnP, fruit mid between bold and restrained, blackberry with some lemon notes. I really get the fruit compote/lemon finish. Developing some of the bright berry, blackberry and loganberry with some lightly bitter chalky tannins. This is a food wine with similarities to Tuscan IGT.

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  5/27/2014 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  2 years since the last bottle. Tonight, I wanted a darker syrah, with lots of fruit and plushness. This did the trick. Lots of blackberry fruit, plush and nearly full bodied. And then a day later, there is some additional acidity tempering the fruit, adding a light licorice and tarry note. In the end though, this is squarely about fresh picked blackberry fruit and a wine that drinks fine now and given the way this vintage is expressed. In fact, I'd not age this wine much longer--enjoy it now for the fruit and easy drinking. FWIW, a question may be raised about alcohol, given the larger fruit expression--I don't sense any booze here. It drinks clean and pure.

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  7/5/2013 - diggydan wrote: 88 Points

  The nose seems a little bit obscured by alcohol but there's definitely black pepper. The body is thick and ripe but not jammy. The palate is ripe, too: this is a fruit-driven syrah full of black berries. Finishes with a zing of tannin. Quite nice, just wish it was more aromatic.

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