Community Tasting Notes 15

• beezer6 wrote: 93 points

  April 17, 2021 - Gorgeous upon opening. Meaty cherries, pepper, earth and loads of mineral notes. Lots of savory spice.
  Palate is equally enticing. More rustic earthy red berries, leather components as well as more pepper.
  Hits me like a baby Cayuse in more ways than one. These Wind Gap with a touch of age are showing great these days.

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• toddvh wrote: 90 points

  January 19, 2020 - Gave long decant (4 hours) and definitely benefitted.

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• retired_and_roving wrote:

  October 12, 2018 - Consistent with prior - very lean and tight.

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• retired_and_roving wrote: 88 points

  May 29, 2018 - Similar to prior experience, this is a very lean bottle of wine, that opens very tight. Not nearly as interesting as the same vintage of the Griffin's Lair, which was more open for business. Highly recommend a long decant to let this unspool - better yet maybe more cellar time.

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• retired_and_roving wrote: 90 points

  March 10, 2018 - PnP, consumed over two nights. This does not show well on PnP - very tight and shut down. Highly recommend a long decant as the change is quite significant both aromatically and taste wise. On the nose dark fruits, smoked meats. On the palate, definitely a more lean cooler climate style, the fruit is dark (blackberry, dark cherry) but not forward, lots of acid, savory notes of olive tapenade. This could use another 5 years of cellar time or a very long decant.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Wind Gap Wines
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Majik Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Coast

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• In Cellars 47 (35%)
• Consumed 87 (65%)

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