Nose brings you to the Northern Rhone but a bit on the modern side of things. Nose of capers, blackberries, vanilla, meat, and graphite. Palate is a touch thin and straightforward. Not terribly exciting, a bit on the ripe side. Meh.
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100% Syrah. Deep, purple-red colour, with some extraction visible in the legs. On the nose this is very classic northern Rhone, with high toned aromas of sweet red fruit, lavender and cherries in eau-de-vie, with a pungent layer of tar, graphite, bacon fat and black pepper beneath. Savoury, fruity and complex. A note of brown sugar suggests some oak aging. On the palate this is medium bodied, with well integrated and correct levels of acid and alcohol, and a layer of fine-grained tannins. Red fruit and lavender on the attack fade to a savoury finish of tar, black pepper, smoke and gunpowder. Length is above average. Still tightly wound, with a slight hollow point on the midpalate; this will be showing better in a year and will drink well for 5-7 years. Good example; very old world in style.
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Not sure about this one, reviews were great but this tight as a drum and perhaps should have been aerated at the least - Dark, medium/full bodied with a nose of blueberry, extreme pepper, blackfruit, must and earth, quite structured, closed but complex, dry, dusty on the palate with medium length, one to be hidden in the cellar for a couple of years (88 Points).
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11/1/2013 - Wine Canuck wrote: 88 Points
Nose brings you to the Northern Rhone but a bit on the modern side of things. Nose of capers, blackberries, vanilla, meat, and graphite. Palate is a touch thin and straightforward. Not terribly exciting, a bit on the ripe side. Meh.
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4/14/2013 - soychick wrote: flawed
Spoiled.
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3/11/2011 - braisedlambshank wrote: 90 Points
100% Syrah. Deep, purple-red colour, with some extraction visible in the legs. On the nose this is very classic northern Rhone, with high toned aromas of sweet red fruit, lavender and cherries in eau-de-vie, with a pungent layer of tar, graphite, bacon fat and black pepper beneath. Savoury, fruity and complex. A note of brown sugar suggests some oak aging. On the palate this is medium bodied, with well integrated and correct levels of acid and alcohol, and a layer of fine-grained tannins. Red fruit and lavender on the attack fade to a savoury finish of tar, black pepper, smoke and gunpowder. Length is above average. Still tightly wound, with a slight hollow point on the midpalate; this will be showing better in a year and will drink well for 5-7 years. Good example; very old world in style.
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2/25/2011 - AMeatWithVino wrote: 86 Points
Unimpressive
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2/11/2011 - Tarrant wrote: 88 Points
Not sure about this one, reviews were great but this tight as a drum and perhaps should have been aerated at the least - Dark, medium/full bodied with a nose of blueberry, extreme pepper, blackfruit, must and earth, quite structured, closed but complex, dry, dusty on the palate with medium length, one to be hidden in the cellar for a couple of years (88 Points).
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