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Old World vs. New World Syrahs @ Blackberry Farm
Blackberry Farm, TN
Tasted September 8, 2018 by tcarter with 227 views
Flight 1 - Bubbles to Start (1 note)
Flight 2 - Old World Rhone Syrah (4 notes)
Red
1999 Alain Voge Cornas Vieilles Vignes
95 points
Spectacular. In a great spot right now.
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Red
2003 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis
93 points
Great stuff. Drinking well now.
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Red
2006 Rene Rostaing Côte-Rôtie Côte Blonde
94 points
Very approachable.
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Red
2011 Thierry Allemand Cornas Chaillot
94 points
Stellar, but still a baby. Needs to sit in the bottle for a couple more years.
Flight 3 - New World Cali Syrah (4 notes)
Red
2007 Alban Vineyards Syrah Reva Alban Estate Vineyard
97 points
Awesome. Just awesome.
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Red
2007 Alban Vineyards Syrah Seymour's Vineyard
99 points
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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Red
2007 Lillian Winery Syrah Blue Label
94 points
Really good. Didn't stack up to the 07 SQN and Albans we had side by side, but still great.
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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.