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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by James Kim on 8/28/2020 & rated 90 points: Last bottle. Decanted. Open at 1h after decant. Now 3.5h decant. Aromas of just ripe blackberries, unripe blueberries, herbs, black olives and mildly tangy roasted game meats. Char grilled game meats with crushed tart blackberries, herbs, bark and mild olives. Excellent acids on a medium bodied frame wild mild tannins. Moderate finish. Structure clearly rests on its acids. Juicy and delicious. Aging well and I wish I had more. 90+ (304 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 2/12/2020: My last bottle, and I wish I had more. Solid blueberry fruit complemented with leather, spice and earth tones, is supported by balanced tannins and fresh acidity. The finish has a bramble berry note that carries to a deep mineral bath. Delish! (578 views) | | | Tasted by James Kim on 7/5/2019 & rated 90 points: From memory. Decanted but no significant sediment. Tart black and red berries up front with nice acids. With more air, flavors of mild roasted , leather, and earth emerge. Tannins are resolved with an elegant, bright texture. Not sure if this will improve much more with age but drinking really well now. Nicely done. (362 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 11/16/2017: Two years since my last bottle of this wine, and it is in a wonderful place. Red fruit, herb, leather and earth tones all mingle together on the nose, and the palate is largely resolved, so that the flavors are carried on the acids that are well balanced with the level of fruit. It's remarkably easy to drink, and did well open 24 hours, holding the same fruit level, and gaining more definition of developed character. (957 views) | | | Tasted by James Kim on 7/9/2016 & rated 90 points: From memory. Beautiful, elegant and lithe. Fruit flavors with some savory meaty elements all there. But the elegant texture took center stage. (339 views) | | | Tasted by stubbie999 on 5/9/2016: Hitting its stride, comfortable enough with itself that all the pieces are on display. Lovely. (965 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 11/6/2015: Jim waited a long time to release this wine. I am very happy he finally let it out, as it's a beauty, and perhaps my favorite wine that he has produced. It's not typical Syrah (perhaps why he delayed release so long), but it is both interesting and delicious in its lack of typicity. Red raspberries and roses dominate the aromatics, rather than the darker fruit and tar/smoke elements that usually signal a Syrah wine. On the palate it retains the elegance the aromatics suggest, being barely medium weight, and quite transparent in expression. There is structure here, with both acids and tannins playing a role, and they work in concert with the fruit to create a balanced whole. I have not had a Syrah quite like this, so I am not sure what to say about aging it, though I think there is plenty of fruit to reward a few years in the cellar. I'm not sure my bottles will last very long, as it's very easy to drink. (1158 views) |
| Cowan 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino County |
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