Decanted 8 hours prior to tasting. I guess this is a lesson in bottle variation as my review of this wine last November suggested it was on a downhill slide. This, my last bottle, turned out to be the best. Deep liqueur-like fruit, slight chalk / dust, minerality, unctuous mouth-coating sensation, very fine tannins. Hated to see it go. Might have left tear stains on the label.
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Decanted for 12 hours prior to drinking. I have had this wine a number of times since its release. This is the first bottle that has suggested it has passed its prime. The fruit has taken on a cooked plum aspect which dominated the palate. Perhaps it would not have been as salient had the decant period been shorter.
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4/15/2013 - jeagle wrote: 94 Points
Decanted 8 hours prior to tasting. I guess this is a lesson in bottle variation as my review of this wine last November suggested it was on a downhill slide. This, my last bottle, turned out to be the best. Deep liqueur-like fruit, slight chalk / dust, minerality, unctuous mouth-coating sensation, very fine tannins. Hated to see it go. Might have left tear stains on the label.
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11/20/2012 - jeagle wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for 12 hours prior to drinking. I have had this wine a number of times since its release. This is the first bottle that has suggested it has passed its prime. The fruit has taken on a cooked plum aspect which dominated the palate. Perhaps it would not have been as salient had the decant period been shorter.
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8/20/2012 - vinoballo wrote: 92 Points
Needed to breathe for a few hours but then really came on strong. Or maybe that was the alcohol.
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7/2/2012 - Amerique wrote: 90 Points
Full-bodied blackberry fruit with black olive, cassis, and licorice flavors, very tight, good structure, ample tannins, short finish
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4/24/2011 - mdiane wrote:
Absolutely super Syrah!
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