Community Tasting Notes 12

• wicozani Does not like this wine: 80 points

  December 9, 2016 - A bit better than the first two murky messes. This wine simply cannot age. A medium ruby in the glass, still a touch of murkiness but the edges look good. The nose features mostly nondescript bright red fruits. On the palate, acidity in check, no tomato leaf or iron to note. Some bright cherry, red alpine currant and that's about it. Still good enough to cook with, which the first two bottles certainly were not. Will not buy this particular wine again. A rare LBW loser!

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• wicozani wrote: flawed

  November 13, 2016 - Nearly the same as the bottle yesterday. Hopefully our third and final bottle is better, but the prospect seems dim.

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• wicozani wrote: flawed

  November 12, 2016 - The gratuitous wax removed, the cork was in good shape. Decanted off of sediment, and a ruby purplish murky wine poured. The nose featured cherry, red alpine currant, and blackberry; not corked. Very flat on the palate, uninspiring, really, and we poured it out. Not sure why it was not clear, no secondary fermentation, but hopefully just off. First of 3.

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• ovenmitt wrote: 89 points

  November 6, 2014 - Paired well with pollo en mole. Monster big wine. Boo berries, blue fruit, cracked pepper. Not sure I could drink more than a glass or two in one setting, but it was nice with the mole.

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• BT_3 wrote: 90 points

  June 10, 2013 - Must be some severe bottle variation because I thought this was a solid Syrah.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Kale Wines
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Samantha's Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 3 (4%)
• In Cellars 16 (22%)
• Consumed 54 (74%)

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