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2012 Herman Story Syrah White Hawk Vineyard
Syrah
- USA
- California
- Central Coast
- Santa Barbara County
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Community Tasting Notes 49
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Bob Fyke wrote: flawed
June 18, 2023 - Bummer! Corked, after 7 years in the cellar.
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VlgJeff wrote: 92 points
March 16, 2023 - Decanted for 30 minutes - with some sediment. A deep dark purple in the glass. Lots of dark red, blue and black fruits on the nose. All of these fruits follow on to the medium plus bodied palate along with lots of spice, some pepper and some earth. The acidity was juicy and nicely balanced all of the fruit. This wine is holding very well and should continue to hold for another couple of years.
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FlyPig Likes this wine: 92 points
September 11, 2020 - This is a well crafted Paso syrah, but 8-years in, still shows it's 15.4% as the most prominent feature. On second day it had settled in better, but not a style I appreciate as I once did.
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Irienet wrote: 86 points
August 9, 2020 - Too much jam. Headache wines
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bjamesclark wrote: 92 points
May 25, 2020 - 100% Syrah aged in 65% New French oak for 22 months. Only 469 cases produced.
Decanted and showing light to moderate sediment.
Opaque, glass staining deep ruby with purple hues.
Heavily scented with notes of boysenberry, marionberry and over-ripe plum, violet pastilles, vanilla, chips ahoy cookie, licorice, star anise, black pepper, espresso, forest floor, pine, leather, hot stone and hints of an auto shop.
The palate retains a nice fruit core with mulled marionberry, plum and boysenberry pie with vanilla ice cream notes, violet pastilles, chocolate chip dough, baking spice and black pepper, vanilla latte, forest floor, licorice, leather and stone with hints of rubber innertube.
The finish is long with the resolved tannins gripping on the front.3 people found this helpful Comment
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type Red
- Producer Herman Story
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard White Hawk Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Central Coast
- Appellation Santa Barbara County
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 119 (22%)
- Consumed 414 (78%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerHerman Story
- VarietySyrah
- VineyardWhite Hawk Vineyard
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionCentral Coast
- AppellationSanta Barbara County
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