Community Tasting Note
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Vino Nomad Likes this wine: 94 points
May 25, 2018 - The wine I'm drinking doesn't at all resemble the recent reviews below. Maybe it was in a closed phase last year. This wine is dry, and it's surprisingly youthful for an 11-year-old CA Syrah. There's still a ton of overripe or baked dark fruit with wild flowers, cedar box, and granite rounding out the nose. There's even significant olive and meaty aromas that would almost convince you that this is a St. Joseph or Hermitage if it didn't have so much overipe dark fruit that could only come from CA. Aromas are reiterated on the palate which is anchored by rounded, well-integrated tannin. There's enough acidity to give it life and balance the tannin. A joy to drink now, but there's enough structure and youthful energy to carry this peak at least another 5+ years, and it'll probably still be drinkable in 2027+.
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