A nose of dark fruit and spice, dark garnet in color. A full bodied single vineyard Syrah, with blackberries, currants, smoky spice and pepper with a long finish. A great QPR and complex wine.
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- Garnet color - Full body. Very ripe. Stewed berry, big alcohol. A bit over extracted and unbalanced but delicious. I was surprised by how nice this was. Wish I had more. Awesome qpr
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Good QPR at around $15. At that price I would say this is an interesting wine. This is not the predictable candied Aussie style Syrah, but neither is it a super refined Cali syrah. I would argue this is somewhere in the middle. Nose more muted than the over-the-top fruit bomb, but still not so subtle that you can't tell what you're drinking. I did not expect to like this, but the flavor profile showed some chocolate and plum to offset the brighter fruit, giving it a unique (to me at least) flavor profile that was refreshing. That said, it was still fairly one dimensional, showing nothing new on the mid-to-back palette, hence the at-$15-this-is-a-good-QPR-argument. However, if I had to pick a wine to drink tonight, I would spend a couple of bucks more and opt for Torbreck Woodcutters Shiraz, always well made and has never let me down.
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9/7/2016 - bechi Likes this wine: 90 Points
Still drinking well and I expect it to hold up for at least another few years.
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8/17/2013 - bechi Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dark berries, cocoa, earth and spice. Smooth and velvety; a nice wine.
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7/14/2012 - corkscrews wrote: 90 Points
A nose of dark fruit and spice, dark garnet in color. A full bodied single vineyard Syrah, with blackberries, currants, smoky spice and pepper with a long finish. A great QPR and complex wine.
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10/22/2011 - Normones wrote: 90 Points
- Garnet color - Full body. Very ripe. Stewed berry, big alcohol. A bit over extracted and unbalanced but delicious. I was surprised by how nice this was. Wish I had more. Awesome qpr
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10/5/2011 - laxman wrote: 88 Points
Good QPR at around $15. At that price I would say this is an interesting wine. This is not the predictable candied Aussie style Syrah, but neither is it a super refined Cali syrah. I would argue this is somewhere in the middle. Nose more muted than the over-the-top fruit bomb, but still not so subtle that you can't tell what you're drinking. I did not expect to like this, but the flavor profile showed some chocolate and plum to offset the brighter fruit, giving it a unique (to me at least) flavor profile that was refreshing. That said, it was still fairly one dimensional, showing nothing new on the mid-to-back palette, hence the at-$15-this-is-a-good-QPR-argument. However, if I had to pick a wine to drink tonight, I would spend a couple of bucks more and opt for Torbreck Woodcutters Shiraz, always well made and has never let me down.
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