Old World vs. New World Syrahs @ Blackberry Farm

Blackberry Farm, TN
Tasted Saturday, September 8, 2018 by tcarter with 229 views

Flight 1 - Bubbles to Start (1 Note)

2002 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Rare 92 Points

France, Champagne

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Flight 2 - Old World Rhone Syrah (4 Notes)

1999 Alain Voge Cornas Vieilles Vignes 95 Points

France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas

Spectacular. In a great spot right now.

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2003 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis 93 Points

France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

Great stuff. Drinking well now.

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2006 Rene Rostaing Côte-Rôtie Côte Blonde 94 Points

France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

Very approachable.

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2011 Thierry Allemand Cornas Chaillot 94 Points

France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas

Stellar, but still a baby. Needs to sit in the bottle for a couple more years.

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Flight 3 - New World Cali Syrah (4 Notes)

2007 Alban Vineyards Syrah Reva Alban Estate Vineyard 97 Points

USA, California, Central Coast, Edna Valley

Awesome. Just awesome.

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2007 Alban Vineyards Syrah Seymour's Vineyard 99 Points

USA, California, Central Coast, Edna Valley

A near perfect wine for me. Just lush and incredible. WOTN in a pretty powerful lineup including some other power hitters like SQN and Lillian Blue.

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2007 Lillian Winery Syrah Blue Label 94 Points

USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County

Really good. Didn't stack up to the 07 SQN and Albans we had side by side, but still great.

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2007 Sine Qua Non Syrah Labels 96 Points

USA, California, Central Coast

Really terrific

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Closing

07 Seymour's was the WOTN for most everyone. Then Reva and SQN Labels duked it out.

Of the old worlds, the 99 Voge was drinking great. Rostaing surprised and overperformed.