This wine is a couple years+ too young to drink and therefore hard to rate. It has good mouthfeel, still tannic, average finish (in contrast the 2012 Frei Road is ready to drink, somewhat short finish (6/28 bottle did not have a short finish), both bought last Fall). My suggestion is hold although there isn't anything in this wine that leads me to believe it will gain in complexity. It will gain in drinkability. I'll drink the second part of the bottle tomorrow, update if needed. (Just looked back at the offering; this is the Goldridge.)
2d day wine opened up more with more complexity. It did well overnight with Argon and frig, a good sign. Confession: Other than Swan syrahs I have almost no experience with New World syrahs, don't know what to expect, only experience is with Northern Rhones. Only reason I made this entry to was to offer "too soon".
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Notes from day 2. Wowser, this was an unexpected surprise. Wonderful balance of blue/black fruit, white pepper, spice, and leather. Terrific minerality and long finish. In a great spot right now. Great QPR at $26. Wish I bought more...
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9/2/2023 - Sperls Likes this wine: 91 Points
Similar to 8/10/23 notes.
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8/10/2023 - Sperls Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great Syrah at a perfect stage of evolution. Dark fruit, pepper, spice, long finish.
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7/9/2023 - Sperls Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tom Dehlinger makes great Syrah and deserves more credit for it. Dark black fruit, tar, great mouthfeel, medium finish.
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6/20/2021 - Chris@77 wrote:
This wine is a couple years+ too young to drink and therefore hard to rate. It has good mouthfeel, still tannic, average finish (in contrast the 2012 Frei Road is ready to drink, somewhat short finish (6/28 bottle did not have a short finish), both bought last Fall). My suggestion is hold although there isn't anything in this wine that leads me to believe it will gain in complexity. It will gain in drinkability. I'll drink the second part of the bottle tomorrow, update if needed. (Just looked back at the offering; this is the Goldridge.)
2d day wine opened up more with more complexity. It did well overnight with Argon and frig, a good sign. Confession: Other than Swan syrahs I have almost no experience with New World syrahs, don't know what to expect, only experience is with Northern Rhones. Only reason I made this entry to was to offer "too soon".
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8/21/2018 - Sniffy-Sniff Likes this wine: 93 Points
Notes from day 2. Wowser, this was an unexpected surprise. Wonderful balance of blue/black fruit, white pepper, spice, and leather. Terrific minerality and long finish. In a great spot right now. Great QPR at $26. Wish I bought more...
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