Bennora Comes to Town! Many Syrahs are Had! (DeeCee): A good but not great bottle here. Came off as a bit thin and muted. The oily texture was there, but not nearly as much aromatics or flavors as my typical experience with this wine. Nothing wrong with it, but the 2014s blew this out of the water. Hoping it’s a dumb phase or something.
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Opened took a sip and it was the same result as I had last November. Perhaps I did not store them properly or they were just off bottles. The nose was fine with scents of white flowers. The palate was dominated by melon with a slight tinge of oxidation coming through. Tried one more sip twenty minutes later and had the same result. So I changed my swordfish recipe for the evening and used the wine in the sauce. So no rating on the wine but it helped make a great sauce.
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So here I am two years since my last tasting. The wine is still so creamy and yet still so forward with fruit & acidity. Worth holding and letting this bomb fully develop in another 3-5 years. Flavors remain apricot dominant.
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This could have been an off bottle as it was not doing it for us last night. Perhaps the food pairing hurt it as I paired with a seared tuna loin in a wasabi sauce which we had as an appetizer. The wine was kind of flat more melon than anything and could not stand up to the food.. So when it came time for the main course we switched to a chardonnay.
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5/21/2023 - JRockEsq Likes this wine: 87 Points
Didn't take notes but this was good to very good, with a fuller body, nice nutty and subtle fruit notes. Lower acidity but everything is in balance.
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6/27/2021 - CPSchoeff Likes this wine:
Bennora Comes to Town! Many Syrahs are Had! (DeeCee): A good but not great bottle here. Came off as a bit thin and muted. The oily texture was there, but not nearly as much aromatics or flavors as my typical experience with this wine. Nothing wrong with it, but the 2014s blew this out of the water. Hoping it’s a dumb phase or something.
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4/9/2021 - markcic wrote:
Opened took a sip and it was the same result as I had last November. Perhaps I did not store them properly or they were just off bottles. The nose was fine with scents of white flowers. The palate was dominated by melon with a slight tinge of oxidation coming through. Tried one more sip twenty minutes later and had the same result. So I changed my swordfish recipe for the evening and used the wine in the sauce. So no rating on the wine but it helped make a great sauce.
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2/5/2021 - tomoem wrote: 90 Points
So here I am two years since my last tasting. The wine is still so creamy and yet still so forward with fruit & acidity. Worth holding and letting this bomb fully develop in another 3-5 years. Flavors remain apricot dominant.
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11/25/2020 - markcic wrote: 87 Points
This could have been an off bottle as it was not doing it for us last night. Perhaps the food pairing hurt it as I paired with a seared tuna loin in a wasabi sauce which we had as an appetizer. The wine was kind of flat more melon than anything and could not stand up to the food.. So when it came time for the main course we switched to a chardonnay.
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