2012 Montes Syrah Folly La Finca de Apalta

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  12/23/2022 - OldHick95 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Fruit forward Syrah with black cherry, juicy raspberry and some blackberry jam supported by new leather and smoke. Pleasantly drying on the finish. Plush.

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  12/21/2021 - DrZett wrote: 92 Points

  Medium purple colored. Violets, ripe plum, dark cherries and soft vanilla notes in the nose. On the palate ripe dark cherries, blackberries, plum, wet leather, dry earth and smoky meat. Full bodied with a medium intense acidity. Velvety tannins, completely integrated. Nice depth, medium complexity and a beautiful overall balance. Fruit driven structure - intense but not overdone. The finish is very dark berried and medium long to long.
  This is in a nice spot in the moment. No need to wait any longer. Drink now until 2029.
  I enjoyed this wine from day one I started drinking better wines and I still like it from time to time. It lost a bit of its magic for me, but the quality is undoubtedly. Definitely worth a try if you don’t know it yet. 2011 is even better in the moment.
  Around 10,000 bottles of this vintage were produced. (IG)

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  12/9/2021 - RD59 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dense, rich, still not ready, a real gem of a wine

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  4/30/2021 - wlcoleman Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Continues to be very good. High alcohol so watch out! But, expressive and fruit forward with vanilla and complexity from spice and bpepper on back of the pallet.

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  12/24/2020 - rbfoote Likes this wine: 93 Points

  What an excellent Syrah. Red berry bouquet. Slight leather notes, some pepper, blackberries and mild earth. Flavours are expressive but very mild. Tannins are very soft. Such a different experience from other syrahs. This is very drinkable now.

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