2007 Lost Canyon Syrah Stage Gulch Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (19) Median Score: 88 points

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  5/14/2015 - ckeilah wrote: 88 Points

  Heavy deposits in the bottle neck. Wine Diamonds! ;-p
  As always, that unmistakable big yeasty Sonoma nose. Amazingly fruity for an eight-year-old wine. I would say this is the perfect drinking window right now!

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  7/19/2014 - Not647f wrote:

  By the time we got to this one, palate fatigue had set in. But in a setting with 20 participants and three winemakers (plus their partners, some in the business) and a lot of wine, no one detected that this was the discounted ringer in flights with some very high end wines (Pax, Myriad, Quivet). No one thought it was a LaLaLa, either. I'd say very good, but I'd consume them regularly if you have them (this was my last) because the backbone and savory elements are already receding. Not at all sorry I bought it or put it in the tasting.

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  5/2/2013 - Not647f wrote:

  I'm not giving numbers to these anymore. (See how long that lasts.) But if I did, it would only add to the confusion of the notes on here. I thought this wine was excellent, maybe outstanding. (So, figure that score out.) I suspect lots of folks drank it too early, not too late--how can 6 year old Syrah from a great vineyard and a solid year be over the hill? This grape is made to last. I do suspect that early drinking showed harsh tannins, because they are just settling down. The savory, earthy flavors of this wine, with the black plum are mouth-coating, the acids just enough to be mouth-watering. Maybe some had storage problems. Maybe they failed to set this upright and drank sediment. I know I'm glad I have another, and sorry I didn't buy more.
  Maybe take a point off for a label that looks like a hang tag for a brand of jeans from a discount store--what does that mesa have to do with wine or Sonoma County?

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  3/3/2013 - rrush wrote:

  The wine looks Ruby colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Cherry, and Red Currant.

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  3/3/2013 - rrush wrote: 88 Points

  Nice fruit, structure, nose, varietal character. No vegetal odor. Good fruit focus. Nice tobacco and leather as well.

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