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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 24 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by monk1019 on 1/27/2014 & rated 93 points: Dark and rich, chewy and sinewy, fruity with mild soft tannins. (2235 views) | | | Tasted by albrigsr on 12/23/2010: Held a 20 person blind wine tasting and this was one of the two big winners. So much so that people demanded another bottle be opened. (5770 views) | | | Tasted by Colia on 11/10/2010 & rated 89 points: A dark and brroking wine. Heavily alocoholic, but also with deep flavors of blueberry, cocoa, blackberry, and tar. It's wonderfully complex and there's plenty of acid for the frame. The tannins are also ripe. My only problem here is how reduced it is. A tiny bit of oxygen isn't an evil thing. (5324 views) | | | Tasted by stevenjstein on 5/27/2010 & rated 92 points: Nice fruit, with typical Syrah pepper and tartness, earthiness and gamey quality reminiscent of a Northern Rhone. A very pleasant surprise, given that this was heavily discounted ($25). I'd definitely buy more at that price. (5889 views) | | | Tasted by West Wine on 10/20/2009 & rated 91 points: wonderful funk on the nose. Black and blue fruits fill out the mid palete with a medium finish. Very enjoyable. 91-92. (6690 views) | | | Tasted by ShannonGroomes on 8/24/2009 & rated 93 points: beef jerky, leather, roasted meats on the nose, great rich flavor (4737 views) |
| Syrah 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. Caldwell VineyardTwenty Mile BenchUSAAmerican 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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