2011 Rhys Alesia Syrah Alder Springs Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  1/29/2024 - thomaskeil wrote: 90 Points

  Experience tonight with a PnP was similar to FM III’s note from 6.5 years ago. Fruit forward (dark blue and black berry), evident mineral, leather, but low acidity (for Rhys), and integrated tannins. Aging very slowly. Enjoyable new world Syrah that supported dinner well enough, but better alone.

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  11/7/2020 - Girardian wrote: flawed

  Presumably a flawed bottle. Wine was flabby and flat, faint funk around the fruit. Hints of Syrah spice but overwhelmed by the weirdness of the rest of the wine. I suspect there was an issue with the cork as when I Corovined the bottle it pushed the cork part way out of the top of the bottle and it pushed back in very easily (below the flush surface of the bottle).

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  1/28/2020 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Aromas of violets, blackcurrants, raspberries, aged beef, dry undergrowth. Dark dry fruit on the palate with a salty acid base moving into a sweet savory acid finish. Lovely with lamb chops and roasted cauliflower.

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  10/23/2018 - wgmccallum wrote: 91 Points

  Flowers, dark plum, meat on the nose. Dark fruit on the palate with bright acids on a tannic base and aromatic back notes. 50 + 16 + 17 + 8 = 91.

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  6/16/2018 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Crusty floral nose with dark fruit and elements of pipe tobacco and allspice. Dense dry aromatic fruit on the palate, penetrating with underlying tannins and lovely acid bracing at the back. Beautifully balanced. 50 + 17 + 18 + 8 = 93.

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