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2012 Bonny Doon Vineyard Syrah X-Block Bien Nacido Vineyard
Syrah
- USA
- California
- Central Coast
- Santa Maria Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 30
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grog wrote: 92 points
January 27, 2024 - Really in the zone now and much better than the bottle I cracked right off the truck from the blowout sale. On PnP this is all classic cool climate Syrah - briny olive, smoky bacon. Mouthfeel is spot on silky and for $20 I should have gotten a case.
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Brian Glas Likes this wine: 92 points
December 31, 2023 - Tasted after 1 hour of air. Medium garnet color. Some metallic notes. Medicinal flavors. Cool crunchy Syrah. Strawberries. Still drinking nicely and showing no signs of fading. Dusty tannins. Some bacon fat. Very interesting wine. An excellent value as I bought this for $20 direct from the winery.
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mtaczak wrote: 87 points
August 20, 2023 - briny and savory, kind of a vinyl-y, rubbery nose, some called it smoky. it's ok.
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thalver wrote:
June 19, 2023 - This is drinking fine, but this bottle may not have shown quite as well as a bottle a year ago
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James Kim Likes this wine: 90 points
August 9, 2022 - Stood up overnight. Decanted off sediment for 1.5h then back into bottle. Drank over 4 h with Javier and Inoke. From memory. Took about 2h in bottle to really get going. Grilled meats, ripe cherries and blackberries, some iron, and some black olives on the palate. Full body with medium+ tannins. Definitely a nod to the N. Rhone but also definitely California fruit. Lacks some depth and complexity but accessible now. I suspect that the wine will open up and integrate more over the next 5 years or so.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type Red
- Producer Bonny Doon Vineyard
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation X-Block
- Vineyard Bien Nacido Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Central Coast
- Appellation Santa Maria Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 44 (27%)
- Consumed 121 (73%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerBonny Doon Vineyard
- VarietySyrah
- VineyardBien Nacido Vineyard
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionCentral Coast
- AppellationSanta Maria Valley
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