2021 Minimalist Wines Syrah Stars in the Dark

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  4/19/2024 - jackandjasonshouse@gmail.com Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This is an incredibly delicious Syrah... so mellow and smooth, with the delicious peppery notes that I love in a Syrah. This is a great wine, and I can't believe the price point. I will definitely be buying more.

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  1/16/2024 - hutch Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Minimalist Wine Tasting: This is such a show stopper. It is fully in the savory spectrum, but not bc it's under ripe. This is the Northern Rhone styled wine of the two upper tier wines for me. At the tasting, it showed no fruit aromatically, and was a little mean. But the palette was incredible, with saline and peppercorn notes everywhere, along with raspberry and spices and more. Hours later it reached a whole other level, with green and white peppercorn emerging from the bouquet, along with red fruits. This is really incredible, world class stuff. If you can find this, buy it.

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  1/16/2024 - Coookie Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Savory and rich aromatics, fruit forward and a great pairing with pasta or meatballs. Greatly improved after being open for some time. Tried with Minimalist's other Syrahs and this is my favorite. Very impressed with this wine!

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  12/3/2023 - hutch Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This is full of so many cool savory tones, and has a lot of notes you would find in the Northern Rhone. Yet unlike a lot of new world examples that can also seem a little unde ripe this still has great fruit and balance. It's a great bottle of wine, and the story behind it makes me think the wines of Mr. Lamson are only going to go up in price. Highly recommended for an wonderful South African expression of Syrah at a reasonable priced for the quality.

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  10/29/2023 - Radders12345 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This alongside the rugby (didn’t have any NZ wine in the house sadly).
  Nose of sweet strawberry, smoky meat, a little lifted “monkey blood” strawberry syrup, and fist full of green peppercorns. Similarly fresh on the palate and a little more settled than the last bottle.

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