2012 Martinelli Syrah Vellutini Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 93.1 points

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  7/18/2023 - wine4lux Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Similar thoughts as on bottle opened about a year earlier, lots of blackberry and black pepper. Finish has smoothed out some. Very good with limited complexity across the finish

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  7/9/2023 - VlgJeff wrote: 91 Points

  Decanted for 20 minutes to allow the wine to open, and to separate slight sediment. The medium bodied palate showed dark red and some black fruits, spice, pepper and earth with balancing acidity.

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  6/13/2022 - wine4lux Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Opened with a heavy dose of cracked pepper and black berry, took about 30 minutes to settle into a nice balance- jammy blackberry, pepper, and violet. Drank consistently well over the next 90 minutes. Served with burgers. Very minor sediment.

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  3/31/2022 - tfesmgk Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A fantastic Syrah. The alcohol doesn’t show as much as expected. Great fruit and finish

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  3/31/2019 - tcosgriff Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Deep garnet color with a bouquet and flavor of dark cherry, plum, bitters, and white pepper. Very dense and rich with generally good balance, if slightly strained by its alcohol level of 16%. You don't need much of this wine to be under the table, or even on the table. Too bad that no one else seems to have come across this wine. It should have a long drinking window.

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