Community Tasting Notes 14

• F_&_M Likes this wine: 90 points

  December 6, 2020 - Good wine. Big and juicy as expected with some nice funk on the back end.

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• HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:

  August 24, 2020 - Similar to my last note

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• HandmadeHomemade wrote:

  January 6, 2019 - I am coming at this neutral as I am a little miffed. So Spring Mountain ripped out all of their syrah, viognier, chardonnay, and pinot noir over the last 8-10 years and head grafted on Bordeaux varietals (lets be honest, its 95% cabernet sauv.).
  
  This is a $45 dollar bottle.
  
  I am a member at Spring Mountain, have been for 10 or so years. What I liked most about them was that they offered very good quality syrah in an area that wasn't traditionally know for their syrah. Their pinot wasn't bad at the slightest, and I enjoyed it- knowing that there is better on the other side of the hill, but it was GOOD. Their chardonnay won them medals- yet they ripped it out. I liked that chardonnay, some years were meh, a bit over priced (I'll gift it) others were spot on.
  
  Now to my complaint.
  
  I love their syrah. It's my favorite wine that they do.
  
  They were charging me $74/bottle for this stuff at the winery, because they killed the line and could inflate the price.
  
  Did I buy any?
  
  You bet your ass I did. And it's left me with a real sour taste in my mouth. Sping Mountain... I'll tell ya, one of these days I am going to cancel that membership, one of these days...
  
  Onto the wine:
  
  It's fantastic. I love it, full bodied, fruity, earthy, kinda like a new world take on St Joseph. Very ageable (the early 2000's co-ferments are killer right now...). This is still a baby and has a lot of gas in the tank. Hold.

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• behm0027 Likes this wine: 90 points

  June 4, 2017 - Blueberry, blackberry. Beautifully balanced. Drinking perfectly out of the bottle.

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• pdadams66 Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 16, 2017 - Drinking very well.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Spring Mountain Vineyard
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Spring Mountain District
• UPC Code 608780492062

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• In Cellars 126 (38%)
• Consumed 202 (62%)

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