2008 Sparkman Cellars Syrah Darkness

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91 points

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  5/28/2019 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Monthly Men's Wine Dinner (2120 Restaurant, Seattle): Pop and pour. Soft and rich Syrah, very approachable. Just a touch of stone on the finish, otherwise not much varietal character. Still a crowd pleaser drinking well now. My #3 of 5 and the group's #4.

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  5/16/2015 - ChrisinCowiche wrote: 90 Points

  Big burly, high octane Syrah. Not really typical of Boushey vineyard imo. Pleasant enough and well balanced drinker but missing the cool climate earthiness I expected.

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  12/18/2011 - cabcbv7 wrote:

  An overpriced gas-a-hol wine. Completely devoid of complexity.

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  1/12/2011 - td7340 wrote: 91 Points

  Love this Syrah!

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  7/31/2010 - td7340 wrote: 90 Points

  Tasted at the release party today, it was actually a vertical tasting from the 2005 to 2008 Syrahs. Nice nose, very much like a nice bouquet of wildflowers, nothing overpowering. The syrah hits and then tingles the sweet sensors on the tongue, like dark chocolate, then melts in with a rhubarb cobbler’ish flavor, but ends on decidedly dark cherry/fleshy fruit note and a smooth non-acid/tacky finish. It resembled the 2006 syrah as far the smoothness potential given time in the bottle to age. Absolutely drinkable now, bottles were pop and poured and I’m sure given more air (decanted) more fruit and coco notes would be present.

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