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mojotojo Likes this wine: 91 points
December 10, 2023 - Still silky smooth, wonderfully aromatic Syrah, but less appealing than the last time I had it. It has an intensely perfumed nose of black fruits, violets, rocks, smoked meat, lilacs, minerals, but now with some "interesting" secondary aromatics. Like iron, petrol and, as my partner pointed out, "fresh plastic". Reminiscent of the plastic from model cars when I was a kid. Plus the whiff of glue that went along with it. On the palate it is all silk and velvet with sweet tannins. The vaguely petrochemical notes come back on the finish. I wonder if this is simply an odd bottle. I've noticed considerable bottle variation is some WA State wines (I'm looking at you, No Girls) or maybe it's just a characteristic of WA state Syrahs to develop these funky secondary notes. I'm very familiar with WA "Rocks funk", but this was unexpected after having several bottles of the 2012 in the past that were quite muted. We'll see how the rest develop.
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