February 21, 2024 - On Coravin clogged my thin needle with the sediment. So decided to PNP and glad I did. Darker older fruit on the nose. Great mouth feel from the front to the end of the palate with a relatively complex finish. We left a third of the bottle with gas however I would bet it will decline when we try tomorrow. Wish I had opened last year, drink up…cheers.
July 29, 2023 - Found my notes from four years agio, and this wine has not moved much since then; still a cool cat, peppery, intense with a classical core of black olives and bacon. Years to go, although certain accesible now, tannins are softer.
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August 1, 2022 - Excellent. Concentrated and deep dark berry flavors. Tannic so likely still developing. Fruit a plenty with solid balance, and food friendly despite its size in the mouth.
August 29, 2021 - Three hour decant, the nose is amazing with dark fruit, charcoal, pepper, black olives and lavender. This is the kind of bottle I could spend hours enjoying the nose alone. The palate matches the profile of the nose, with smoke, charcoal, plenty of blueberry/blackberry and a florals. Bright acidity and chocolate tannins supply the structure for this quite accessible wine. The complexity is outstanding, the QPR on this bottle is off the charts, if you can find a bottle of this vintage buy it and drink it, more cellar time is not needed.
April 9, 2021 - The best of these so far. Blueberry pie up front, but then flowers and olives and smoke appear one layer down. Drank over 2 nights and was really enjoyable, and little changed, both nights.
February 9, 2021 - Very smokey on the nose and in the palate along with leather. Hickory almost. Rhubarb comes through on the finish.
December 5, 2020 - Inky purple in color and opaque in the glass. Primary fruit starting to take a backseat to secondary and tertiary aromas and tastes. Briny olives and dried flowers/potpourri right out of the bottle. With time plum, smoked meat, olive, and sweet violet/dusty potpourri showed up. Medium(+) body, medium(+) acidity, and medium fine-grained tannins. I really loved the floral/potpourri aspect that this has got going on in this phase. This wine is definitely at its peak and I do not see it getting any better than it is right now.
August 17, 2020 - This is my 4th bottle of this, and the first to be oxidized. Just gone. Startling for a 5-year-old wine.
May 9, 2020 - I have had a number of bottles of Tensley's single vineyard syrahs over the years and was always impressed with the quality. But, I'd never had his regular cuvee. This was really excellent. Smoothly-textured but with a nice structure, and a rich, well-balanced palate. Mainly dark fruit, with some minor savory notes, it was delicious and paired beautifully with a smoked beef brisket. Will look for more of this.
March 22, 2020 - Inky purple in color and opaque in the glass; Aromas of blackberry jam, blueberry, meat, briny olives, and pepper on the nose (Day 1); nose was dominated by aromas of olive tapenade with blackberry undertones (Day 2). Tastes of blackberry jam and pepper on the palate (Day1) with additions of briny olives to the palate on the second day. Full-bodied, medium(+) acidity, medium(+) tannins. Long finish with lingering tastes of blackberry, pepper, and lavender. This Syrah is well balanced with complexity and a great evolution in the glass!!