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| Community Tasting Notes (average 82.6 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 49 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by fbrack on 2/7/2024 & rated 89 points: Apparently (based on other reviews) I got lucky. After six years in the cellar, this Syrah was quite delicious. Two left, which I guess I should drink up soon. (164 views) | | | Tasted by mcromain1021 on 7/9/2023 flawed bottle: Whatever prime this had, it’s well passed… (248 views) | | | Tasted by GKG on 10/15/2022 & rated 75 points: Opened by my wife not knowing what to expect with 3 friends, only one (who is predominantly a beer drinker) wanted to finish a glass. This wine tastes like a wine-barrel aged sour beer without carbonation. As wine it is really not good. (399 views) | | | Tasted by Rkgreen5 on 12/3/2021 & rated 83 points: Very light. Just okay (727 views) | | | Tasted by Riya on 10/25/2021: Very bad (792 views) | | | Tasted by Pinkflash on 4/25/2021 flawed bottle: Disappointed but it was a bad bottle (976 views) | | | Tasted by GoliathOnline on 3/27/2021 & rated 86 points: I honestly didn't mind this nearly as much as some people seemed to. Plenty of cherry, some heft and depth but light enough for a smooth mouthfeel, and just the slightest hint of sourness to actually make it interesting. (950 views) | | | Tasted by Gr8penut on 3/22/2021 & rated 51 points: A 2012 Syrah from Meyer Cellars, previously of Silver Oak fame. I thought with a name and heritage like that, this one would last a little longer, but I was wrong. One sip and it was down the kitchen sink. A real disappointment, but I guess I only have myself to blame for letting it get too old. ☹️🍷👎👎 (1129 views) | | | Tasted by mcromain1021 on 2/19/2021 & rated 75 points: Not sure what is going on here. I hate to use a cliche, but this was sour grapes. First sip sour and that lingering taste perpetuates unfortunately. Maybe its past prime? Drink up if you've got em.. (691 views) | | | Tasted by thalver on 11/7/2020: Given mediocre showings on previous bottles, and the tasting notes, I opened this to use as cooking wine. The balance ended up being drunk as an aperitif. Not exciting, but decent. Fairly bretty, which is something I didn't detect on previous bottles....certainly no worse than my previous attempts with this wine (995 views) | | | Tasted by Ksk44 on 10/1/2020 & rated 78 points: Day 1 was not very positive—concur with other reviewers; the wine is a bit sour and acidic. We’ll see if Day 2 brings any improvement. (763 views) | | | Tasted by BBinSC on 9/25/2020 & rated 91 points: Quite tasty, really lives up to the pedigree. Smoky, oaky, spicy nose and palate, has a warm, ripe, lingering flavor that edges towards blue fruit. Still has some acid and tannin, finish is above average. It's a little monotone, but it's a pleasure to quaff.
Not been cellar kept, this wine still has a couple of years left. (653 views) | | | Tasted by Gr8penut on 9/20/2020 & rated 51 points: Wow! What a surprise! Undrinkable! (581 views) | | | Tasted by Geoff Weathersby on 6/6/2020 & rated 85 points: Past it’s prime (643 views) | | | Tasted by TXRhoneRanger on 5/25/2020 & rated 90 points: A real surprise. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I want a little more fruit. This coming from the cool side of Paso meant that this was very black fruited, and not much glycerol/or palate staining style. Restrained. Color me surprised. Reminiscent of a Crozes Hermitage even. Enjoy with food. (467 views) | | | Tasted by GKG on 5/16/2020 & rated 80 points: One note wine and that note is sour patch kids. Red fruit, overly acidic. Not good even at $15. (550 views) | | | Tasted by Wrkolbeck on 3/21/2020 & rated 75 points: Really not good (753 views) | | | Tasted by willschenk on 11/18/2019 & rated 80 points: Barely acceptable. Thin and tart upon opening, with tons of lumber, vanilla oak and rough tannins, but integrates quickly with air. 78 upon opening, 82ish with 2 hours of air. Some blackberry fruit, still-tart acidity and somewhat plush texture after opening up. Only drinkable for acid freaks. (905 views) | | | Tasted by DansWines on 11/11/2019 & rated 90 points: Wonderful fruit - bing cherries, dark red fruit, some mineral notes and a whiff of bottle rocket smoke! Full bodied and easy to drink - could hold up to substantial beef, chicken and Italian red sauce dishes. Medium finish with fruit to the end. Enough tannin for a couple more years but drinking so well now! (433 views) | | | Tasted by Wrkolbeck on 11/8/2019 & rated 74 points: Took another chance on this one, same result, poorly made wine, had to dump the bottle. Sadly I have 1 more (834 views) | | | Tasted by hiltondg on 3/24/2019 & rated 80 points: Wow was this bad. First impression was that it drinks like a bottom tier cabernet twice its age. Thin with tons of musty oak. That's about all it has to offer. Not recommended. (1287 views) | | | Tasted by Wrkolbeck on 2/4/2019 & rated 78 points: Bad bottle or poorly made wine? Way over hyped by LB. Worse than the previous bottle (855 views) | | | Tasted by Gr8penut on 12/2/2018 & rated 88 points: Not great, but ok to take to parties! :) (981 views) | | | Tasted by Frabjous on 7/31/2018 & rated 87 points: HOT and thin. (1191 views) | | | Tasted by thalver on 7/15/2018: Coravined half, opened the next night but not drunk. Refrigerated. Consumed the following evening. I seldom like wines the second day. This held up surprisingly well. Tannins melted and remaining flavors didn't seem too muted. It might bode well for mid-term cellaring. (1005 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Meyer Family Cellars 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 North CoastThe North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, covering more than three million acres, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and portions of Marin and Solano counties. (see The Wine Institute for more information) |
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