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Community Tasting Notes 8
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stayhappy21 wrote: 88 points
May 12, 2016 - Drank this last night at Summer Pavilion (Ritz-Carlton). Theme of the night: Wines from 2005.
A warm, rounded and smooth wine with some pepper in the finish. Generous red fruits (berries and plums) on the nose and palate with some tropical fruits evolving after 30 minutes. Some complexity and dimensions in this wine. -
guy12 wrote: 87 points
November 23, 2014 - Good but lost in comparison with 2011 boekenhotskloof Syrah which was in a different league
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guy12 wrote: 90 points
October 19, 2013 - A complex mouthful of pepper & spice with a dash of fruit, fine crunchy tannins. Delicious
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RBRG Likes this wine: 90 points
November 26, 2012 - Surprisingly good. Can't say I have much of a mental benchmark for SA Syrah, but this impressed. At 7 years it is still showing a vibrant deep hue in the glass with only minimal bricking at the rim. Perfumed in an old world style with savoury and leather influence and a touch of something floral and herbal amid a broad swaythe of black plums and berries. Palate is complex and offers rich yet silky fruit, some savoury influence again and a fine framework of dusty and well integrated tannin. All well balanced and ultimately delicious.
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nsellen wrote: 84 points
July 7, 2011 - Deep red. Day 1: Nose hot and sweet fruits; nothing definable. Taste melange of sweet and leathery spice (Imperial leather?). Alcohol and tannins very noticable, perhaps too warm. Either I don't get syrah or this is overpriced. Day 2.Chilled for 15 minutes. Nose summer fruit jams and a touch of leather. Still the drying tannins and no subtlety at all. Calmer mouthfeel, good fruit/spice balance but soupy and no definition. I really struggled to maintain my interest in it.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer The Foundry
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country South Africa
- Region Coastal Region
- SubRegion Stellenbosch
- Appellation Stellenbosch
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 1 (3%)
- Consumed 29 (97%)
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- ProducerThe Foundry
- VarietySyrah
- CountrySouth Africa
- SubRegionStellenbosch
- AppellationStellenbosch
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