2003 Melville Syrah Estate Donna's

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  4/19/2014 - Mootsie Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Raspberry and beef jerky. Maybe just a touch past prime, but excellent.

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  11/2/2010 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 96 Points

  11-2-10 at home alone. Easily one of the best syrahs I have had in recent memory-from anywhere! Big, brooding black-purple color, it stains the glass. Rich, fruit-laden aromas, with big black fruits and a hint of bacon. Gorgeous palate: rich, mouth-filling, with lovely fat black fruits perfectly structured and balanced with tannin and acid. Amazingly pure and elegant for such a huge wine. This is lovely! 5-13-19-9: 96/100.

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  5/10/2009 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  This wine had sufficient air and breathing time, as I opened it and drank 1/2 of it more than 24 hours ago. Bacon fat and florals are the two expressive notes on the bouquet--both strong and center stage and these notes would be a nice teaching tool for new wine drinkers as to what CA syrah can show--very illustrative. Like with other Melville syrahs in the past, blue fruited but this one has a sweet edge to the fruit, along with some pepper and licorice. Like with the 2004 Carlisle Judge syrah, this wine too is IMO at peak prime and ready to go.

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  12/4/2008 - WetRock wrote:

  Black Sheep Bistro (Black Sheep Bistro, Tustin, CA): Bright fruits on the nose with some stem and pepper notes. Big fruited with a touch of heat but there was something captivating about this. One of the more enjoyable Melville wines I have had.

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  7/18/2008 - Wino Joe wrote: 92 Points

  Outstanding wine - deep & complex but extremely balanced with a bit of finesse.
  
  Deep dark brooding inky color with a rich legs. Very complex nose with violets, herbs, cassis and green peppers. Wonderfully balanced fruit with blueberry, bing cherry & blackberry jam notes wrapped in silky tannins of grain leather, cedar box & vanilla that seem to last forever.
  
  This will last another 5 -10 years which is when I should open the next one.

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