Part of a 9 syrah blind tasting. I wanted to love this more, as 2012 is my favorite vintage for Stonessence and a few other Reynvaan offerings. A solid effort, dark fruits, well balanced, well made wine but did not knock my socks off as I had expected from this winemaker and vintage. Maybe my palate was just worn out.
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Held strong for 3-days. I really like this style from Matt Reynvaan. It provides a strong level of complexity while still be very clean and easy drinking in style. I lost my notes from early on, but day-3 is showing lots of bright cherry, smoke, violet, and spiced vanilla.
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Decanted 1 hour. Very elegant with a rich texture. Some Rocks Funk, black cherry, iodine, white pepper, olive and grilled meat. Lovely wine that's drinking really well right now. Drink now - 2027.
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Opened and decanted for 2 hours. This wine has an amazing mouth feel. Medium ruby in color, red fruits are predominant and it has a nice long finish. Did not have any funk as others suggested. This wine was lighter than expected and super delicious.
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7/6/2023 - RJWallis Likes this wine: 92 Points
Part of a 9 syrah blind tasting. I wanted to love this more, as 2012 is my favorite vintage for Stonessence and a few other Reynvaan offerings. A solid effort, dark fruits, well balanced, well made wine but did not knock my socks off as I had expected from this winemaker and vintage. Maybe my palate was just worn out.
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4/15/2023 - wiscgrad wrote: 94 Points
still going strong and similar to other CT notes. would be interesting to try this again in 3-5 years, but fantastic right now
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10/31/2021 - Winning_Wines Likes this wine: 94 Points
Held strong for 3-days. I really like this style from Matt Reynvaan. It provides a strong level of complexity while still be very clean and easy drinking in style. I lost my notes from early on, but day-3 is showing lots of bright cherry, smoke, violet, and spiced vanilla.
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9/4/2021 - RPerro Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted 1 hour. Very elegant with a rich texture. Some Rocks Funk, black cherry, iodine, white pepper, olive and grilled meat. Lovely wine that's drinking really well right now. Drink now - 2027.
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4/30/2020 - WAWINEFAN wrote: 93 Points
Opened and decanted for 2 hours. This wine has an amazing mouth feel. Medium ruby in color, red fruits are predominant and it has a nice long finish. Did not have any funk as others suggested. This wine was lighter than expected and super delicious.
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