Community Tasting Notes 4

• chatters wrote:

  July 18, 2018 - Dry River (Bel & Brio, Barangaroo): Blackberry, black pepper, saddle leather, bacon fat, slightly dusty notes. Juicy, tightly tannic though silky textured and quite drying. Blackberry and peppercorns. Lovely.

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• Vini Ciclismo wrote: 87 points

  February 13, 2015 - Deeply coloured but with a ruby edge.
  Very clean red berry fragrance, some plum, pure and ripe, no real spice or complexity.
  Silky smooth palate, slightly creamy, lovely red berry intensity. Quite a pure berry driven flavour but the finish brings a little spice, only a little. Overwhelming impression is soft red fruit. Very euro in style as the label suggests. Lacks a finish though, no zip, just falls away, low acid and low tannin. A pleasant drink but I don't think it's worth keeping any longer.

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• Drinking Trees wrote:

  April 21, 2013 - Big note of off-brand cola on the nose, perhaps with a hint of sarsparilla, plus some blackberry and rosemary. Light-bodied and slightly spritzy. I thought the cola note dominated the palate, but other tasters loved the wine, saying it had a strong note of black pepper identifying it as a cool-climate Shiraz (one said it tasted like pepper steak).

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• forecaster wrote: 89 points

  March 9, 2013 - This wine is no where near ready. It is fairly impenetrable with high tannin and acid. It will probably be better in a few years, but it's a little hard to judge at the moment.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Dry River
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Lovat Vineyard
• Country New Zealand
• Region North Island
• SubRegion Wairarapa
• Appellation Martinborough

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• In Cellars 41 (53%)
• Consumed 37 (47%)

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