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Red
2006 Martinelli Syrah Gravel Lens Hop Camp Vineyard
Syrah
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Russian River Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 21
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Spar Likes this wine: 90 points
December 30, 2022 - Still great! Lots of fruit but full bodied.
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bdhanna Likes this wine: 91 points
October 2, 2020 - Tasting really good right now !! Perfect cork after around 14 years in the bottle. Consumed from a half bottle over five + hours. This balanced wine started a little tight and closed, but opened up and showed more fresh fruit after 30 minutes. This balanced wine took three or four hours to soften with increased depth and integrated complexity. Dark red color with no to no oxidation, clarity medium. Aromas of cherry vanilla, pomegranate, and glycerin. Flavors of black cherry cola, raspberry framboise, and leather. This cool climate Syrah has a beautifully long finish. This balanced and flavorful Syrah is an age worthy wine with more years of life left. This Gravel Lens Hop Camp Vineyard is my favorite Martinelli Syrah. A great fruit source and another great winemaking effort.
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Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine:
May 14, 2019 - Really a nice wine at this age. Much more subdued, balanced and even elegant. Great food wine.
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pgm wrote: 91 points
June 8, 2018 - Still youthful in appearance, near black with a magenta rim, and still youngish on the nose, with blackberry and blackberry leaf, with a minty edge. It’s still quite primary and fruity with black and blue berry flavors in the mouth. Good juicy finish.
I don’t know how it can be so youngish and yet still need a decant for sediment, but it does. -
Rick 4 Wine wrote: flawed
November 2, 2016 - Cork was dry and crumbled but has been properly stored. Nose was minty, almost like wintergreen with some sweetness but the body was completely dumb, no fruit just vacuous en the finish was hot and peppery. I'm assuming this bottle was somehow spoilt but it was corked in any way I've seen.
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By Josh Raynolds
May/June 2009, IWC Issue #144 (link)(Martinelli Vineyards Syrah Hop Camp Vineyard Gravel Lens Russian River Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
3/25/2012 (link) 91 points(Martinelli Syrah Gravel Lens Hop Camp Vineyard) Dark ruby color; appealing, roasted plum, roasted berry nose; roasted plum, roasted berry, tobacco palate; medium-plus finish 91+ points
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2006
- Type Red
- Producer Martinelli
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation Gravel Lens
- Vineyard Hop Camp Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Russian River Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 166 (36%)
- Consumed 290 (64%)
Food Pairing
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- VarietySyrah
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationRussian River Valley
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