2008 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cyrus

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  9/19/2019 - markcic Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Not as good as the bottle I had a few months ago. It is not as vibrant as it was in the past. Dark fruit on tne nose. The palate is dark berries, tobacco and a touch of thyme. The finish was moderate.

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  4/25/2019 - markcic Likes this wine: 90 Points

  From a 375. Opened and lit sit for an hour. Dark fruit on the nose. The palate was blueberry, dark plums and a hint of thyme. A moderate to long finish.

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  12/10/2016 - Copay Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Used aerator when decanted. Drank immediately. Deep purple color. Very rich mouth feel. Leather was predominant. Loved it.

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  1/5/2016 - Deux Chevaux wrote:

  The note below is accurate for us. Tertiary indeed. Good balance, too. Although we have fallen out of love with California Cabernet generally, we really enjoyed this one over four nights, gassed and refrigerated in between. (Given as a gift; it was bought from the winery on release, we believe.)

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  11/17/2015 - mflesh wrote:

  So, this is the second bottle of Cyrus I've ever had in my life so I'm not exactly a Cyrus expert and "groupie" like I know some are. I was told or at least led to believe that this is one of the age-able wines of the northern Sonoma region, but I'm not so sure of that. This wine tonight truly had some tertiary characteristics starting to peek in. Cork was a medium cherry stain upon extraction. Wine was poured to a dark maroon. Nose was blackberry and spice. The wine was served PNP, and the wine was mostly black licorice on the front with some fig and a mild raisin note, and smelled with some mild age. The middle of the wine was dark, a little bit of flint, but this is where mushroom, fig, apricot, and raisin started to crescendo to the middle. The finish was thick and dense, but a little tart and herbaceous. Tannin is here, but on a whole the 2010 vintage has much more tannin and is much more exuberant. Bottle was not purchased directly from the winery but was purchased in a store. This is not a bad wine, but at $50 QPR, I think I'd choose a lot of other things. Drink now. Done by 2018.

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