2007 Syncline Mourvèdre Coyote Canyon Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  2/15/2010 - kbrater wrote: 90 Points

  Second bottle of this wine and it's consistent if not even better. Coffee, spice. Aged 16 mths in French oak.Lots of plum and cassis. Pepper on the finish. Lovely bright red wine. If you can find it...buy it.

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  2/9/2010 - stubbie999 wrote:

  Mourvedre through a new-world lens. Has the leathery/tobacco notes of a Bandol, but they're playing second fiddle to some lovely plum (and other dark) fruits. Nice structure, but falls a bit on the finish; doesn't move much on day two. A big, juicy wine that plays well with food, but could also be sipped alone. A great value at the close out price, I'd probably go old world (for my tastes) at full-boat retail. Don't get me wrong, though, this was tasty.

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  1/2/2010 - kbrater wrote: 90 Points

  Wow. This is a red-wine lovers find. It's got plum, coffee bean and black pepper and is zippy. The 2007 vintage is from fruit sourced from Coyote Canyon Vineyard in the Horse Heaven Hills area of WA. Only 225 cases produced, so if you can still find this, get some and try it. A wonderful red from a great producer, Syncline. Delish. Even better with food.

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  9/13/2009 - Kuixote wrote: 87 Points

  Lovely dark color, peppery nose. Mouth: cloves & pepper, pepper, and more pepper. My second bottle of this wine, and I don't remember the first being nearly so spicy. Too one-dimensional?

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  9/13/2009 - soyhead wrote: 86 Points

  nose - overwhelmingly of fresh crushed pepper. Also clove (per Brian), dark berry (lisa), tobacco (Miguel) with a hint of coconut (Miguel)
  mouth - dark cherry and lots of peppery spice, with a hollow midpalate, and then a long low level tannic presence on the finish. This wine screams out for red meat.

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