March 11, 2022 - Almost two years since my last bottle, and this just keeps getting better. A couple of hours in the decanter to get it ready, and then it was firing on all cylinders. Not much in the way of fruit until a touch of plum comes in on the finish, but it was full of that meaty, bloody, iron rich soul of Syrah. If it had thrown off some bacon aromas I would have lost my mind. It didn’t, but it was still incredibly satisfying, and a wonder for the $18 in 2012. Crazy. Drink now, and likely for the next five years or so.
May 25, 2020 - $18 wine at ten years of age, and my gosh what value for the money. It's no monster, but I wasn't expecting one. It's still showing some deep, dark cherry fruit, but in a balanced way. The acidity is on point, and there's a hint of orange zest on the finish. A little bit of spice creeps in on the finish, just to add a hint of complexity. Still have five more bottles from a long ago case purchase, and I am glad to have them.
February 2, 2020 - I didn't find this to be underripe as other commenters have said, I felt it had wonderful, understated sweet purple fruit notes on the nose with excellent cool climate Syrah character, a little gamey, olive, maybe bacon fat, etc., And nicely energetic palate with only a hint of excessive tartness now that the fruit has faded just a touch. I'm bumping my score up a little bit due to the crazy good QPR,- I got this for $20, very very easily worth the money.
February 1, 2018 - This wine started with plum and floral notes, but the palate seemed slightly underripe with tart plum and olive. The midpalte seemed thin in this medium-bodied wine, and there was ample acidity to handle food. Overall, this wine lacked adequate ripeness, and it presented itself as simple. Not my favorite Anthill Farm.
July 27, 2017 - Dull. Not pleasant.
January 15, 2017 - Still very primary fruity. Needs time to develop.
August 25, 2016 - This was underripe and lacked true syrah character. I've had great wines from this producer but this was not one of them.
March 21, 2016 - last bottle of 4 pk... drinking well, has picked up some secondary characteristics
November 30, 2015 - This has nice, tart fruit flavors but the mid palate is pretty thin and the finish is lacking. Even on day 2, this was just a nice, simple syrah.
July 15, 2015 - Double decanted, taken to a tasting event.
First glass seemed a bit thin, very short finish, even after double decant. But 2nd glass really opened up and showed more structure, deeper black fruits, nice acidity and med(-) tannins that coated the mouth and gave a pleasant (if a bit clipped) finish.
Very nice now, and probably best if consumed within the next year or so.