Hasn't budged much since my note from last August...lots of everything packed into a somewhat overwhelming package, with prominent acidity and heat too much in the forefront for my taste. Again, however, not bad in the context of the spicy baby back ribs we had for dinner.
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Decanted ~2 hours with vigorous aerating, consumed over 1 hour. Spicy and acidic, with concentrated red fruit and some heat. Disappointingly out of balance, but this actually went fairly well with the spicy baby back ribs we made, but I don't know how well it would go with anything too different.
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This is one darn good CA Syrah, that is if you like 'em big, bold and a little spicy. This is a Zin lover's Syrah, lots of fruit and kind of jammy. The balance was a bit off...15.8% alcohol, but not enough to enjoy it...a lot.
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7/4/2014 - bretrooks wrote:
Hasn't budged much since my note from last August...lots of everything packed into a somewhat overwhelming package, with prominent acidity and heat too much in the forefront for my taste. Again, however, not bad in the context of the spicy baby back ribs we had for dinner.
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6/4/2014 - cobhcork Likes this wine: 90 Points
Coming along nicely
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4/27/2014 - macavity wrote: 88 Points
Spicy it is, but also too much alcohol.
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8/17/2013 - bretrooks wrote:
Decanted ~2 hours with vigorous aerating, consumed over 1 hour. Spicy and acidic, with concentrated red fruit and some heat. Disappointingly out of balance, but this actually went fairly well with the spicy baby back ribs we made, but I don't know how well it would go with anything too different.
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1/6/2013 - cnr128 Likes this wine: 87 Points
This is one darn good CA Syrah, that is if you like 'em big, bold and a little spicy. This is a Zin lover's Syrah, lots of fruit and kind of jammy. The balance was a bit off...15.8% alcohol, but not enough to enjoy it...a lot.
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