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2015 B. Leighton Syrah Olsen Brothers Vineyard
Syrah
- USA
- Washington
- Columbia Valley
- Yakima Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 8
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CWilliam wrote:
January 3, 2024 - Dark black color with a slight meniscus. On nose, dark cherry, dark chocolate, savory herbs, saline and blackberry. On palate, blackberry, black cherry, plum and meat notes with stewed tomato flavor with lots of air (didn't like that). Medium tannins, high acidity, medium+ body and medium+ finish. Enjoyable but not a re-buy. Needs food. I usually really like savory wines like this but the tomato paste flavor knocked down the score for me. 90+/-
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BRR wrote:
June 5, 2022 - This is about as savory as Syrah comes. Brine, olive tapenade, smoke, and some plum. I just read Tanzer’s note when it was released and he said Leighton was confident the fruit would come out with age, but I doubt it. This complex wine needs food. Not sure it’ll benefit from age. Drink up.
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tannictongue Likes this wine:
December 12, 2021 - Love this winemaker! Big dark blue fruit PNW Syrah.
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fitchbuck Likes this wine: 92 points
May 7, 2021 - I've too much palate fatigue when it comes to WA syrah ... so I was impressed by the rather unique savory-ness here.
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Brian Glas Likes this wine: 92 points
June 11, 2020 - Tasted after 90 minutes of air. Olives on the nose. Dark ruby color. Almost opaque. Full bodied. Medium acidity with some sweet tannins. Dark red berry fruit. Well balanced. Medium plus finish.
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Full Pull
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By Paul Zitarelli
Full Pull Brennon and Charles, 7/22/2018(B. Leighton Syrah Olsen Brothers Vineyard) Hello friends. We have small parcels of a trio from Wines of Substance (the new name for Charles Smith’s umbrella company overseeing all of his labels. Our K/Substance offers are always feeding frenzies, so let me offer two quick notes: 1. To the best of my knowledge, we have retail dibs on all three of these wines west of the mountains. 2. I suspect we’ll have to under-allocate here, given the parcel sizes, so a quick reminder of our allocation technique: Our allocations favor breadth over depth, so that everyone gets one bottle before anyone gets two. And our formula for prioritizing allocations includes overall orders, frequency of orders, recency of orders, and list tenure, among other factors. Now, onto what you’re here for—the wines:There is always a painful parcel story when it comes to Brennon’s Syrah—but we’ve offered each of Brennon Leighton’s Syrahs under his own label, and a short parcel has never stopped us. This was harvested at 2.2 tons/acre, fermented with native yeasts, and given 39 days on skins. It was then aged for 19 months entirely in large-format puncheon, 20% new. Wine Advocate: Copyrighted material withheld. James Suckling: Copyrighted material withheld.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2015
- Type Red
- Producer B. Leighton
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Olsen Brothers Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region Washington
- SubRegion Columbia Valley
- Appellation Yakima Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 94 (49%)
- Consumed 98 (51%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerB. Leighton
- VarietySyrah
- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationYakima Valley
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