2016 Laughing Stock Vineyards Syrah Amphora

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  4/24/2019 - Wine Ratings Likes this wine:

  Okanagan Syrah vinified hands-off in terracotta amphorae for 8 months, skins and all - right off the hop you know you’re in for something a little different! This fourth iteration of LFNG’s amphora project (the first three vintages used white grapes) is delicious and well rounded - juicy, savoury, spicy, even if it could use a little more structural backbone. It’s a big wine, no doubt, with a full body carrying the weight of 14.9%, but no less enjoyable for it. The extended, slow extraction time has given the wine exceptional expressiveness and depth of flavour; loads of ripe blue/red/black berries join cherries, black pepper, and a strong herbacious streak on both nose and palate to start. Spicy plum, wet slate, and hickory add to the mix, with cedar, black olive, and earthy mushroom making appearances with time. Touches of sweet spice, red licorice, and chocolate peek through as well, leaving the finish a touch sweet despite the wine’s intense savoury side. I wouldn’t exactly call this a refreshing sip or an every-night wine, but a very pleasurable one nonetheless (and a cool project taking place in our proverbial backyard, which is always a plus!).

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  12/30/2017 - wpiers wrote: 92 Points

  Delicious and smooth, unusual Syrah. Open nose, dark chocolate and fruit on palate. Drinking very well now.

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