Community Tasting Notes 10

• llink wrote: 92 points

  April 18, 2024 - Decanted for 2 hours. Cellared since release, high fill the cork was only stained 1/4 inch. Ruby red. Lovely and very alive nose of blackberry, tar, tapenade, pepper and Provençal herbs. Lively palate, good acidity and fruit wrapped in a saline infused texture that is silky and leads to a medium length finish.

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• River Rat wrote:

  October 9, 2022 - My friend Roger was in town working harvest at Scherrer. We had him Fred and Judi over for dinner and Fred brought this gem. It’s amazing what good provenance can do for an already great wine. Had one of these about 4 years ago and remember it fondly.
  
  This one pours a dark magenta color with absolutely no bricking. Nose of dried flowers, sage, mushrooms and dark berries. The palate while complete is elegant and seamless with blackberry, loam, dried black cherry and a dusting of white pepper. The balance on this wine is incredible from nose to finish, savory, with perfect acidity and fully resolved tannins. Such a treat at 27yrs. This very well could be the best bottle of Syrah I’ve ever tasted.

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• alanr Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 11, 2010 - Medium full body, color looks fresh virtually unchanged; nose is beautiful, hints of mushroom and damp earth, then the palate explodes with vibrant, sweet dark syrah fruit - rich and intense, but not overripe in the least; some exotic spice on the long finish, this is amazingly youthful, with at least another decade ahead of it. Very nicely balanced with nice acidity, and just the right tannic structure. A fabulous example of California syrah, all the more interesting by virtue of its Russian River source.

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• DUSTOFF wrote: 91 points

  April 2, 2009 - My last bottle. Still just enough life left to provide some drinking pleasure. If you have them, I'd drink very soon.

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• kris.h wrote: 91 points

  January 22, 2008 - Seattle Round 2: Rhone vs. Rhone Ranger (Seattle, WA): Black cherry and other fruits on the nose. Blackberry and clove on the finish. Good balance and weight.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1995
• Type Red
• Producer Dehlinger
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• In Cellars 32 (49%)
• Consumed 33 (51%)

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