2006 Arcadian Syrah Westerly Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  5/19/2022 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Retail $50. Under cork. Seeing that the only thing worse that opening a corked bottle is holding onto the other bottle of the same wine for another half-dozen years or so to discover that it is also corked, I decided to pop this bottle as well, give the disaster that was the first. Much, much better. Certainly "old" and a bit "stewed" on the nose, this wine really shines on the palate. Great fruit, surprisingly bracing acidity, richness, and lovely depth are all characteristics--but I ain't gonna lie: it's time to drink up, fo sho.
  
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  5/19/2022 - The Drunken Cyclist wrote: flawed

  Retail $50. Under cork. Well, it has been a minute since I had a bottle of this wine which I purchased nearly a decade ago from WineAccess. The only thing worse than holding onto a wine for so long that it goes bad is holding onto a wine for a really long time only to find out that it is corked. Badly corked. Ugh. Even Double Ugh.
  
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  11/27/2021 - Neecies Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Lucky you guys who hold the "81 In Cellars" showing in the sidebar, as this was our last bottle and an absolute gem of a California syrah. Vibrant red and black fruits with sage and a bit of barnyard going on (in a good way)-- rather Pegau-like, a compliment I don't part with easily. Outstanding.

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  10/23/2021 - bajayngo wrote:

  Much like the 07 Stolpman very old World in style nice dark fruits hint of pepper good herbs great balance.

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  3/21/2021 - alpha_ori Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Fine, but not as stand out as some of the other mid 2000s Arcadian Syrahs that I've been drinking recently.

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