2012 Donelan Syrah Cuvée Christine

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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

  Drinking beautifully right now! Glad I've got 7 more bottles

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  5/2/2019 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Maybe a bad bottle but losing fruit badly. Wine is very one dimensional. Incredible what a year makes. The 2013 is amazing and blows this away. Fortunately I just bought one bottle. A 2012 Donelan Syrah shouldn’t be losing fruit like this so I’m chalking this up to a somewhat flawed bottle. Just had a 2012 Donelan Kobler and it was much better. Take this review with a grain of salt.

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  12/26/2018 - yaCellar Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Drinking very well and perhaps at the middle of its life.

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  6/17/2018 - MattB72 wrote: 93 Points

  Excellent Syrah.

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  6/4/2018 - Mech-E wrote: 93 Points

  Decanted 1 hour before consuming.
  
  My, my, is this a beauty! Black olive, black cherry, just...black. Impenetrable liquid with a viscous mouthfeel. Nose of herbs as well...rosemary? Acids cut through food with aplomb here. Finish is 30+, with flavors of raspberry/cherry, again.
  
  Alcohol in check, but won't be drinking the whole bottle tonight! Drink or hold for more upfront texture and fruit.

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