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• Why Yes wrote: 100 points

  April 3, 2012 - My first 100 point score! Absolutely magnificent wine. Have posted a note on this before that was less than flattering. This bottle was the picture of perfection. Everything of everything was going on with this bottle. The color was huge. The nose was a huge. The flavor was huge. The mouthfeel was huge. The finish was huge. The balance was exacting. Oh lord, if only more California Syrahs could reach these heights.
  
  Opens with black to the rim color and obvious viscosity in the glass. Nose offers tar, blackberries, leather, violets and beef blood. Deep enough to leave your noised parked over the glass for minutes on end unwilling to take a break even to taste. Once in the mouth this is a seamless experience of taste, smell and feel. The palate offers more flavors than can be identified, but they are presented as a cohesive whole, almost as if it would be pointless to try dissecting the pieces apart. The texture is mouthcoating but stands tall on the palate as opposed to wide and flat. As for the finish, sit back and go for the ride. The core of this wine continues to reveal itself long after the wine is no longer in your mouth.
  
  It is amazing how different 2 bottles of the same wine can be over the course of a couple months.

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