2015 Melville Syrah Estate Donna's

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  6/21/2021 - Spsmatthews Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Very fresh and elegant style of syrah. Peppery and savory on the nose. Meat, herbs, olives. Really bold on the palate but not at all heavy - just a ton of beautiful flavor.

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  5/16/2020 - petermpls Likes this wine:

  Thought this was one of the more special wines I've had in a while. It is light bodied as many other reviewers state. There's quite a bit of vanilla on the nose. I thought jrpas1 captured the flavor profile quite well a couple of years ago.
  The delicacy and flavor profile made it an excellent companion to a somewhat lighter dish than I'd normally choose to pair with Syrah. In this case, pork cutlets with green garlic salsa verde.

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  3/27/2020 - WineGuyDelMar Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  Very light color, almost Pinot Noir like. Nose is somewhat muted. His is a very different style of California Syrah. Very feminine. I like that it’s not an over ripe, syrupy sweet style but I don’t like that it has very little structure, flavor layers or more Syrah character. There is also a green bitter finish to the Wine. Could be a bad bottle I don’t know. This will not be a long aging Syrah. Id have to say I’m not a fan of this and at around $50 has a terrible QPR. If you like this Wine I’d like to hear your thought.

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  12/31/2018 - jrpas1 wrote: 91 Points

  Roasted meats, roses, fresh dirt, sagebrush and plenty of oak on the nose.
  Green peppers, black pepper, plums and cherry in tasting with some salinity on the finish.

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  8/8/2018 - Aravind Asok wrote:

  A fairly impressive syrah. More of everything in comparison to the estate syrah. I would compare this favorably to a Rhys.

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