2019 Melville Syrah Estate Donna's Block

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  11/5/2023 - wdcwineguys Likes this wine: 92 Points

  1hr decant. Expressive nose of red cherry, cranberry, vanilla (oak comes through). Bright & tart up front, but it mellowed out over the course of the evening. Drinks well with some air, but would also benefit from a couple of years in the cellar.

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  4/7/2023 - Rond Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Tart, with notes of smoke and spice, dried cranberry, and tobacco. Nicely balanced.

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  1/28/2023 - Cabfrancophile Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Literally made my mouth water smelling it from the glass--Kalamata olive, smoked game, basil oil, white pepper, violet. The level of complexity is mind warping--as it opens up, roasted peppers, thyme, mulberry, and a sanguine character come into play. Mid-weight, medium plus acidity, rounded mid-palate, herbaceous finish. Ripe, but grippy tannins, with a mild bitterness on the finish that didn't shake fully with air.
  
  I am increasingly thinking this vintage needs like 5-7 years to knit together, with the 'raw' flavors and ripping acidity likely to integrate. The finish held back this bottle a bit (and very well could improve), but otherwise this was like a M.C. Escher or perhaps a Hieronymus Bosch for the gustatory senses.

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  11/25/2022 - MattMauldin Likes this wine:

  Tasting Room visit. Aromas of black cherry & plum, peppercorn, mint, mesquite smoke, five spice. Dense and complex on the palate, fresh red and dark fruit with lavender, black tea spices and pepper. Medium bodied, finely textured, dense, with nice acid and round fleshy tannins and nice intensity and length to the finish.

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  10/25/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Green and savory fruit. A little bit more tart and hard and green. In its own way of still having Cali fruit and some lushness to it. Most concentrated and biggest wine they are telling me. I'm told it begs for food and actually, I betcha it would be pretty awesome with some food.

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