2012 Ochota Barrels Syrah Marananga Shellac Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  3/29/2022 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Dark garnet. Pronounced aromas of dark plum, smoke, coffee, earth, and cigar. On the palate, a progression of surprisingly fresh sweet red fruit on the front, to penetrating dark plum fruit in the middle with a strong acid frame, to a lovely lilting and very long aromatic finish. Medium body, 13.8% alcohol. Great movement and balance.

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  2/9/2021 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Intense floral aroma, late summer brambly blackberry bush. Sweet and salty cherry fruit on the palate with an unctuous milk chocolate not on the mid palate with a warm tannic base moving into a winding spicy aromatic morello cherry acid finish. Excellent with sheet pan sausages, apple, shallots, and brussel sprouts.

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  12/26/2020 - SWHighlander Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Mostly flavors of black fruit, violets, tar with moderate acidity and milder tannins. Not high alcohol extracted style. Enjoyed it but did over power a rack of lamb. Wished I had gone with a grenache-based wine.

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  6/7/2020 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dark fruit, flowers, and fungus on the nose. Penetrating dense black fruit on the palate with sweet salty depth and a lovely aromatic finish. Excellent with lamb kebabs.

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  10/27/2019 - wgmccallum wrote: 90 Points

  Shy nose of red plums, lilacs, dolmas, ash. Soft palate of light sweet fruit with a nice deepening at the back moving smoothly into an aromatic acid finish.

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