2005 Bridlewood Estate Winery Syrah Dusty Trail

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.7 points

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  10/31/2010 - mikev101 wrote: 90 Points

  My last bottle...really enjoyed these....hope to pickup more in the future

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  9/20/2010 - Tyler_at_WWD Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Everything about this wine’s aroma is, as you’d expect from the name, quite dry. Mesquite smoke and cracked black pepper make an instant appearance, followed by dried blackcurrant and blackberry. Hints of vanilla and toast with strawberry jam open up with a spin in the glass, with mixed kitchen spices and faint notes of chocolate lingering on the edges.
  
  Smooth, silky, and bright, this wine is very rich and full with cherry, raspberry, and menthol opening up the palate. Exotic spices and grilled jalapeño move into the mid palate and mingle with a bit of wild honey before introducing this wine’s trademark dustiness. Emerging full of notes of sun baked earth just before the finish, a pleasantly yeasty, warm baguette flavor lingers on the palate long after this wine has gone. A lush, big wine with a nicely balanced amount of earth and tannin, clearly worth buying.
  
  Source: What's Worth Drinking: Post #70: Central Coast Adventures Pt.9: Syrah Week: Four “Winners” by Bridlewood Estate Winery ( http://whatsworthdrinking.com/2010/09/20/post-70-central-coast-adventures-pt-9-syrah-week-four-winners-by-bridlewood-estate-winery/ )

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  8/4/2008 - winelovr2001 wrote: 88 Points

  This wine tries to be something it is not. It attempts to be a big black fruit bomb, but falls short with its candied raspberry and one dimensional sweet tannins. A nice wine, but is poorly balanced to be a great wine.

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