2014 Ventisquero Syrah Pangea Apalta Vineyards

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  3/22/2023 - cacastine Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very tight and aggressive with the first little taste, so I decanted. Definitely the right move. Medium deep purple, clean and vibrant. Hints of floral wood, tar, dark fruits, roasted meat. Nice and perfumey, really pleasant nose. Palate brings a little of that evergreen/herby wood, perhaps an oregano note that is as well as plenty of dark fruits and a bit of game meat. Nice, juicy and well rounded acidity, medium+ tannin with some fine calendula pepperiness. Really like this wine, well structured and balanced and a good expression of Syrah. My impression is that while good now and perhaps entering its prime window, this can certainly be held for several more years.

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  10/8/2020 - Skyla venture Likes this wine: 93 Points

  It’s going well but still too young. I had a 2009 in 2019 and it had aged beautifully. I follow this winery and buy Pangea whenever I can. I would Revisit this one in a couple years. It’s good now but not great. There is a lot of life left in it to. Almost feels more like a napa cab right now. I’m not getting the Syrah characters yet.

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  11/15/2019 - Keith Cooper Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Tasted at the Whitewater Valley Wine Society, Hampshire, UK. 20 months in French oak barrels [50% new] followed by a further 18 months in bottle before release. This bold wine had complex aromas of blueberry and black pepper with mineral notes. I thought too young at the moment, it probably needs 5-8 years to be at its peak.

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  11/10/2019 - maxima wrote: 89 Points

  Profile moderne et assez extrait,
  assez boisé encore et un brin confituré.
  Souple et corsé, des mures et du tabac avec de l`eucalyptus
  et des tanins serrés.
  Finale longue et asséchante.
  Bien fait pour ce style.

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