2013 Lillian Winery Syrah Gold Series No. 3

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 93 points

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  3/23/2024 - tpbrown5 wrote: 94 Points

  This is a delicious wine, lots of minerality, not too sweet or jammy. Very balanced.

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  11/22/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 93 Points

  P90 tasting: Saw this on the list for a good price and decided to give it a go. Those familiar with my palate would know that I typically detest such wines, and I haven't been a fan of the Antica Terras that I have tried either.
  
  Surprisingly perfumed and restrained nose, the palate wasn't overdone either despite being clearly a new-world Syrah. The sweetness of fruit added to rather than detracted from the wine, as it helped to make the wine less dense and heavy. Well-balanced despite the plushness, not overly-oaked or extracted; with a menthol note on the finish. Would have been interesting to open a Cayuse of the same vintage that I've been sitting on for some time alongside this.

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  10/22/2023 - Zweder Likes this wine: 94 Points

  USA 2013 tasting by Sander (By SS @ De Ertepeller in Papendrecht): In the bouquet red and dark berries as well as herbs and spices. On the palate juicy red berries, good and fresh acidity and a touch of sweetness. Elegant and beautiful wine.

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  4/23/2023 - RhoneWho wrote: 97 Points

  We drank 2013 Gold Series along with a vertical tasting of its regular syrah 2013-17. We were a bit surprised by its regular 2013 syrah still in primary mode with higher acidity and edginess; and didn’t really evolve much after 3 hours. However, this is a great set up for 2013 Gold Series.
  
  2013 Gold Series is a completely different wine as compared to its regular syrah. It’s my understanding that Gold series represents the best barrels (plots) determined when tasting the regular syrah; and then subject to longer barrel aging. Surprising, in un-SQN style, the effect of new barrel on Gold Series is not noticeable as Maggie prefers neutral barrel as I understood. It has the Northern Rhone texture coupled with California richness of fruit flavor. It’s good to have a California syrah drinking different from SQN-family. It may sound irony as Maggie was Manfred’s first assistant winemaker but she has been charting her own style and path. Bravo!
  
  The 2013 gold series is still in primary phase with lots of blue fruits and finesse with seamless texture and suppleness. The tannin is well polished and very fine. This is a very enjoyable and balanced wine; yet I suspect this wine can maintain its primary phase for many more years.
  
  Rating: 96-98; 96+

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  4/9/2023 - sjp1323 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Great compliment to today's Easter brisket!

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