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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2021 (based on 6 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.4 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 58 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Elpaninaro on 11/5/2022: deep red purple color, aggressive nose, peppery blackberry jam, a bit of heat, on the palate jammy and exciting, licorice, blackberry, smooth large mineral streaks, great long finish, textured, big and burly but never overdone, raw leather notes with time, the evident heat on the nose at opening dissipates, this is quite and its evolution in glass suggests more complexity may come with additional age.
****, ready to go but many years of life ahead (429 views) | | | Tasted by thalver on 2/20/2022: The last of half a dozen bottles, and this was far and away the best showing for this wine yet. The first bottles seemed big, muted, tight and a bit nondescript. It was one of those wines I'd pull because they had to be drunk up. The past couple/few years, they've been improving. This bottle was much more savory than fruity, with a very expressive nose and medium long finish. If I'd known it would age this well, I'd have bought more and kept my mitts off them longer. (402 views) | | | Tasted by pas.vino on 11/29/2021 & rated 92 points: Very nice. Great value. Still a lot of life to go. Dark fruits, spice and a touch of smoke. Really enjoyable. Deep dark color and rich mouth feel. (479 views) | | | Tasted by mmb993 on 5/10/2021 & rated 90 points: Great value. Dark with good perfume. Powerful and smooth. Great finish. My idea of what a great Syrah from California should be like, and much better than some more expensive wines. (556 views) | | | Tasted by clio_wine on 3/29/2021: Good. This bottle got lost in the bottom of my cellar. It aged into a beautiful, smooth, rich, lingering syrah. Just wonderful. A bit of a fruit-bomb quality, but it is so good. (602 views) | | | Tasted by thalver on 7/16/2020: This was the best showing for this wine of several bottles consumed. Still big, but this seemed a bit less monolithic than previous bottles, with some hints of savory notes to balance the fruit (514 views) | | | Tasted by clio_wine on 4/16/2020: Good. Big grape-y fruit bomb when first opened. It calms down and is more subtle with some air. Quite nice and restrained the second day. Alcohol content is high, but well integrated. (512 views) | | | Tasted by Leomania on 2/3/2020 & rated 91 points: Consistent with previous bottles. Excellent balance and structure. (447 views) | | | Tasted by wino121 on 12/19/2019 & rated 91 points: Mucho better this time around, last one of course!
A PNP, dark broding fruit, ripe and fairly well balanced, a high ABV is the only downside here,
Clocking in @ almost 16%...yikes.
Anyway drink with decant thru 2024.
A re buy. (565 views) | | | Tasted by thalver on 12/12/2019: A pleasant quaff.....it has developed some bottle bouquet and seems. Sufficient structure for balance, but probably not enough for more than short to mid-term cellaring (457 views) | | | Tasted by Lessthanzero on 8/9/2019 & rated 90 points: I feel like giving a straight 90 is such a cop-out, but this wine is just that. Easy livin'. Not bad, not great.
It's a bit fruit forward and a little concentrated, but without enough tannins to make it go the distance. Fairly plush 30 minutes in. Dark fruits and a little peppery. I like. (576 views) | | | Tasted by Klawman on 1/19/2019 & rated 91 points: A bit floral and plum on the nose. Black fruit flavor, a hint of smoke. Savory, silky tannins and a really long finish. I am really enjoying this one. (669 views) | | | Tasted by Nojomoschwa on 8/31/2018 & rated 85 points: I felt mislead on this purchase by Last Bottle (first time for that). This has absolutely nothing to do with northern Rhône Syrah, and it in reality quite a heavy/clunky/fruit-forward California Syrah. Just not really my thing, but brought it to a BBQ and people seemed happy enough. (981 views) | | | Tasted by clio_wine on 8/10/2018: Good. Fruity nose. Some Syrah spice, but the Viognier adds fig jam flavors on the finish. It's a big, juicy, grape-y, fruit bomb. It needs grilled red meat to rein it in. (998 views) | | | Tasted by Bob & Sue Atlanta on 7/12/2018 & rated 92 points: Last one of a 6 pack. Pretty awesome value. consistently delivers. Wish I had more... (1292 views) | | | Tasted by Leomania on 6/7/2018 & rated 91 points: Very good indeed. Some savory elements, olive brine, fine tannins. (695 views) | | | Tasted by wino121 on 4/17/2018 & rated 88 points: Vinturied w/decant, I was expecting more, not sure why?
Deep in color, intense blue fruit, meaty nose, med- body and lacking depth on the finish.
2 hours later It held together but barely, it might be in a transition at this point.
Give it a couple more years? (1354 views) | | | Tasted by Nojomoschwa on 4/8/2018 & rated 87 points: Heavy, clunky, nothing to do with Côte-Rotie as advertised by Last Bottle. Quite disappointed with this, even for the seemingly low price. First time I've found a big mismatch with Last Bottle descriptions and my own impression. (918 views) | | | Tasted by Khyrz075 on 2/23/2018 & rated 92 points: Thank You SIR may I have another! Best value of the year. I can't believe this price point. Delicious! (1275 views) | | | Tasted by Apandaleon on 1/19/2018 & rated 90 points: Jammy and full bodied. Full of California fruit. (1315 views) | | | Tasted by Mark Brandon on 12/17/2017 & rated 92 points: Was very surprised at this. Needs a year or three to hit some kind of stride, but still showed very well at this primary age. Too fruit forward to cellar for more than a few years (IMO), but should peak in a couple of years. (1282 views) | | | Tasted by snipes on 11/26/2017: Very solid QPR and I'd buy again at sub $20. Ready to goright away. (1429 views) | | | Tasted by Finne Wines on 11/18/2017 & rated 85 points: Gave to Michael R (1322 views) | | | Tasted by Quaffing in Colorado on 11/6/2017 & rated 87 points: Boom! Highly extracted, brooding, hot, fruit bomb. The jammy, glycerin, glass and mouth-coating sweetness, with a hint of earthy funk, drinks decently well on its own, but would pair well with marbled meat. Okay after PnP, but better after two hours. Definitely not northern Rhone in style. (1410 views) | | | Tasted by clio_wine on 11/5/2017: Good/Very Good. I was unimpressed when I popped and poured. I stuck the cork back in 2/3 bottle. The next night it was a big jammy fruit bomb, mostly blackberries and cola, with a long finish. Let it open up and it's really good. (1320 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Westerly Vineyards Producer websiteSyrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
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