2008 Shane Syrah Jemrose Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  1/23/2022 - DragonflyCellar Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Huge nose of strawberry jam. Medium + body with Cassis, white pepper, berry. Very long finish. Excellent structure. Could still age but drinking superbly now.

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  12/31/2021 - kanab ram Likes this wine:

  Arrived the other day from a recent winery offering of the 2008 vintage Jemrose and Judge Syrahs. PnP'd. Seamless and balanced with plush dark mouthwatering fruits and a lengthy chalky finish. This is in a great place and should easily age another 5 years before declining.

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  4/15/2019 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  My final bottle of Shane that I own, have held onto this since 2010. While I didn't want to say goodbye to this bottle, I wanted syrah last night to go with some matzoh ball stew my wife had made. I have fond memories of this wine, as I met Shane just over a decade ago when he was working for KB and making his own stuff on the side. Still remember tasting his first wines at that time inside of the caves at Deerfield Ranch if I recall correctly. I also am fond of this wine because of the good memories I have of the many times I visited Jim and Gloria Mack, who at the time and up until a few years ago, owned the house and property that was Jemrose/Cardiac Hill. So, with lots of good memories, out with the cork. Opened yesterday, the whole cluster that Shane liberally used in this wine has after a decade done great things to it. It's got a cool garrique character, along with tar, leather and soy. The fruit is plump, with plum and dark berry, inky, with some espresso and tangy rosemary into the finish. Still some latent structure hanging in, along with some light acidity and my hunch is that this can go another 3-4 years. This reminds me of the best Carlisle that Mike has made, as well as some of the great stuff Adam Lee made as Novy from Rosella's in the SLH. Just great CA syrah, and a well done to Shane.

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  9/5/2016 - cobbpa wrote: 92 Points

  Super dark black & blue fruit throughout. Touch of vanilla & florals. Nice acid and a bit of cracked pepper on the finish.

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  8/12/2016 - Mountster27 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Olive and bramble and herbs. Structured and powerful. Slight grilled meat note.
  Had with chimichurri steak and grilled corn.

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