Community Tasting Notes 12

• pjhr Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 11, 2024 - Delicious blackberry, olive, and floral notes on the reserved nose and smooth palate with resolving tannins on the moderate-long finish.

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• NarunP wrote: 89 points

  October 12, 2023 - 100% Syrah
  
  Still broodingly dark in color. Deep reddish purple core, slightly widened rim. Some sign of aging but not by much.
  
  Nose is ripe showing its Californian sunshine pedigree, raspberry, licorice, black pepper, briny, new leather quite minty at first, some alcoholic burn.
  
  Palate is still dense though tannin is resolved into dusty particles. Medium plus acidity with medium to medium plus body. Highly charged palate. This wine is quite big and ripe on the palate. Sharp mid-palate. Lots of black (a little jammy) fruits, black olive, bacon fat, with a lengthy
  and complex finish.
  
  I don't think this wine is at the right place, a little disjointed I feel. For all the critical opinions hailing its Northern Rhone soul, I still feel it's very much a New World at its core. Fruits are aplenty, alcohol is upfront despite its moderate abv (13%). May be it's just my bottle but I feel this should be given a couple more years to prove me wrong. 89?

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• oldwines Likes this wine: 94 points

  June 3, 2023 - Decanted for an hour plus before starting to drink over another several hours. Dark, garnet crimson in color. Nose has licorice, menthol, eucalyptus and dark red berry characteristics. Very complex. Bright acidity, low tannin, yet nicely structured and age-worthy. Palate is fresh, fruity, vibrant and smooth without being over-extracted or over-ripe. Some spice/pepper on the finish. Moderately long. Likely even better with another handful of years (or more) in the cellar. 13.1% ABV

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• VAGenius Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 21, 2023 - Nose of black raspberries, black fruit, anise, and tulip flower. Demse palate with a wide swath of black olives, bacon fat, and pastrami followed by dark chocolate. Dried black fruit on the finish with loads of peppery herbs, minerals, black plum, and light acidity. In a good place, though you can certainly hold longer.

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• scorrea Likes this wine: 96 points

  November 16, 2022 - Amazing bottle of wine. Still primary. Dark fruits, olives. Super concentrated yet elegant. Regret opening my last bottle as it feels too young.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Rhys
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Skyline Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
• Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains

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• Pending Delivery 8 (2%)
• In Cellars 364 (72%)
• Consumed 137 (27%)

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