Community Tasting Notes 20

• SandNJ Likes this wine:

  December 9, 2023 - Would buy again

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• jkscully wrote:

  November 17, 2021 - Smoky and gamey with deep purple fruits, chocolate, coffee, and violet. The tannins are sweet with a peppery finish. Imagine huckleberry pie that has sat for some time in front of a BBQ and has picked up some smoky/meaty flavors. You can taste the whole cluster, but it’s perhaps a bit too stemmy for me. It’s also a bit too rich for my preferences. 15.2% alcohol and, though you don’t taste it, you feel it. I would have guessed Paso Robles. Didn’t seem to change very much with air. #95 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2016.
  
  Not sure what to make of this. I often struggle to like Syrah. To me, Syrah (especially new world Syrah) is rarely a super complex wine, but it can still be delightful. This was polished for sure, but not super complex and a little too over the top to be delightful. Ben Christianson says, “Kinda big in all directions - extraction, acidity, tannin, voluptuousness,; and then very fruity and bacon-y, and black pepper-y; and all the more boring for it” and that seems about right. I try to appreciate all styles for what they are—and that includes “Fruit Bombs” and “Parkerized Cali wines”—but this is was more than I could handle. I had a hard time finishing it and that’s pretty rare. I wonder if this would have been better with some additional bottle age? Maybe things would have calmed down a bit.
  
  As usual for my Syrah preferences, best in Zalto All-purpose.

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• Rasmussenbrent Likes this wine: 91 points

  July 28, 2019 - Had this with some ribs i made and it was awesome. I first thought it needed time once i opened it and poured but it quickly opened up. This one is ready to go

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• Cuellar's Cellar Likes this wine: 92 points

  June 13, 2019 - A silky wine that is ready to drink. I don't know how much longer I would hold on to this. This might be it at the perfect time to drink this.

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• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  October 25, 2018 - Big and smokey and ripe.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Plumpjack
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Code 664605315060

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