Great way to end the year! Dark dark color. Smells of dark fruits, wet pavement, leather. Tastes of blackberry, plum, dark cherry. Round tannins. Does not need much of a decant. This is good stuff and not necessary to hold on much longer. Drink up!!
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Dark, nearly opaque core -> deep ruby rim. Nose of smoke, leather and slightly overripe, jammy black fruits. Slightly tannic palate showing blackberry and black cherry fruit but not a lot of complexity. Tails off pretty quickly and the palate profile strikes me as a bit tired. Certainly acceptable but I was hoping for a bit more. Drink over the next few years as I don't think this will get any better . . . (love that label though).
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12/31/2019 - AOAO10 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great way to end the year! Dark dark color. Smells of dark fruits, wet pavement, leather. Tastes of blackberry, plum, dark cherry. Round tannins. Does not need much of a decant. This is good stuff and not necessary to hold on much longer. Drink up!!
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4/16/2017 - BVal wrote: 88 Points
Dark, nearly opaque core -> deep ruby rim. Nose of smoke, leather and slightly overripe, jammy black fruits. Slightly tannic palate showing blackberry and black cherry fruit but not a lot of complexity. Tails off pretty quickly and the palate profile strikes me as a bit tired. Certainly acceptable but I was hoping for a bit more. Drink over the next few years as I don't think this will get any better . . . (love that label though).
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1/9/2012 - boreddoughboy wrote: 92 Points
Great. Mellowing into a great one. Drinking fine now.
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11/6/2011 - MindMuse wrote: 93 Points
Restrained, balanced, racy, cool climate style Syrah. Classy juice. Had to share with 18 people though. 92-93
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4/4/2011 - boreddoughboy wrote: 90 Points
Not as good as before. Probably a mismatch with barbecue . Great nose but a bit dull on mid- palate.
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