Bottle was put in play by review by Tim M, suggesting to drink now. He‘s right (thank you!). But it’s fine. This wine is in a great spot now.
Seductive, straight out the bottle. No sharp edges, when reaching the nose. Ripe plums dominate, alcohol is present, even if not intrusive. The mouth is very velvety and smooth. Plum compote again, some licorice. Alcohol recedes. Lingers quite long.
Will this one hold another decade ? I doubt. Will it collapse in the next two years ? No. Will it get better ? Unlikely. Put remaining bottles high on the ready-to-drink list and enjoy while they last.
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I feel like the first bottle I drank was more funky and olive heavy. A little uneven a few years ago. This was beautifully balanced and seamless from fruit to secondary flavors. Exactly what I hoped it would be.
Ready to go now
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(K Vintners Syrah Powerline) Drawing Winner: The lucky winner of our final book drawing, for the 2012 Horsepower Syrah Mag, is Scott Marckmann, a Full Puller since 2015. Congratulations to Scott, and thanks again to all of you who have supported 36 Bottles of Wine! ---- Hello friends. We have small parcels of a trio of Syrah from K Vintners’ recent set of releases. Our K offers are always feeding frenzies, and this one promises to be extra cuckoo given the wines involved. So, we’ll dive right in with two quick notes: 1. To the best of our knowledge, we have retail dibs on all three of these wines west of the mountains. 2. It’s likely we’ll have to under-allocate here, given the parcel sizes, so a quick reminder of our allocation technique: Our allocations favor breadth over depth, so that everyone gets one bottle before anyone gets two. And our formula for prioritizing allocations includes overall orders, frequency of orders, recency of orders, and list tenure, among other factors. Now, onto the wines:We offered Powerline’s debut 2014 vintage last year before it landed the #2 spot on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 wines of 2017. Then, every bottle available got gobbled up immediately. This year, we’re getting our orders in early—knowing that this wine will probably be gone before the 2018 list is even published. This comes from the second usable vintage at K’s new estate Powerline Vineyard, a 30-acre site located at over 1200 feet elevation in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. Harvested at yields of 2.2 tons acre, the Syrah was given 53 days on skins and fermented using only native yeasts. The wine spent more than two years in large French puncheons, 25% new. Listed alc is 14.5%. Jeb Dunnuck: Copyrighted material withheld.
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5/8/2024 - Harrie Likes this wine: 91 Points
Bottle was put in play by review by Tim M, suggesting to drink now.
He‘s right (thank you!). But it’s fine. This wine is in a great spot now.
Seductive, straight out the bottle. No sharp edges, when reaching the nose. Ripe plums dominate, alcohol is present, even if not intrusive.
The mouth is very velvety and smooth. Plum compote again, some licorice. Alcohol recedes. Lingers quite long.
Will this one hold another decade ? I doubt. Will it collapse in the next two years ? No. Will it get better ? Unlikely. Put remaining bottles high on the ready-to-drink list and enjoy while they last.
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4/21/2024 - tim m wrote: 91 Points
This needs to be drunk now. Day 2 was getting jammy, losing it's edge. Don't hold any longer.
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3/21/2024 - W2WineGuy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fabulous wine, popped and poured from cellar. Well integrated and in a nice spot. Drink up
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3/13/2024 - Mountster27 Likes this wine: 95 Points
I feel like the first bottle I drank was more funky and olive heavy. A little uneven a few years ago.
This was beautifully balanced and seamless from fruit to secondary flavors.
Exactly what I hoped it would be.
Ready to go now
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2/11/2024 - Jnihols7 wrote: 94 Points
Bold without being over the top, really nice Syrah with great fruit and very silky
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