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Red
2007 Wind Gap Wines Syrah Griffin's Lair
Syrah
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Sonoma Coast
Label borrowed from 2009
Label borrowed from 2009
Label borrowed from 2009
Community Tasting Notes 59
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klezman wrote:
July 2, 2021 - Initially it's all olive and dark fruit. Continued to open up over a couple hours. Excellent.
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rama wrote:
December 22, 2020 - Holy green olives, Batman! Olives on the nose, through saline on the finish.
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klezman wrote:
March 30, 2020 - Rather odd wine - a very glycerine heavy mouthfeel for the first couple hours it's open. Cherries, plums, spices, and some wilder elements poked through here and there. Tannins picked up over a couple hours of air, as did more stick elements.
Day 2 this was a more standard big burly Syrah with balance. -
ogres3 Likes this wine: 92 points
July 12, 2019 - Shocked at how much I enjoyed it. Much better than prior bottles. Probably gave it two hours of air. Inky purple. Pleasant nose. Full bodied bold but smooth and not overpowering fruit. Complex. Dark purple, deep blue and red. Nice finish. I may be generous with the rating as this was my last bottle, and I didn't think that I would miss it.
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ogres3 Likes this wine: 90 points
May 18, 2019 - Drinking well. Better than I remember. Just on the light side of being full bodied. Pleasant red and blue fruit. A slight hint of green at the end that I could do without.
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By Richard Jennings
10/13/2010 (link) 91 points(Wind Gap Wines Syrah Griffin's Lair) Black fruit, tart plum nose; tart black fruit, charcoal palate; medium-plus finish
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
Blind Tasting of Syrah, Episode #837, 3/24/2010 (link) 91 points(Wind Gap Griffin's Lair Syrah) #1; BLIND; COLOR-dark; NOSE-very New World; more California, some earthiness; very dark; big black pepper; big black fruit; big bombastic style; BIG, BIG BIG!!; PALATE-I believe this is New World; good, really ripe fruit; chewy; gamey; good chocolate; Barbeque structure; great blackberry flavors; I like this wine; it's juicy, but has balance; it does have some Old World classic structure with some charcoal and soil on the back-end; and also a great mid-palate transition which is really the star of this wine; great upfront fruit; great mid-palate and transition; I'm liking g this wine more and more; good structure; good fruit; I like it's intensity and structure; I like this a lot and I'm guessing a $45 Syrah from maybe Santa Barbara; really good wine; WS-92; GV-91
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2007
- Type Red
- Producer Wind Gap Wines
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Griffin's Lair
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Sonoma Coast
- UPC Code 3760078211476
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 170 (38%)
- Consumed 276 (62%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Would go great with Pork ChopsWho Likes This Wine
95% Like It 21 votes
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationSonoma Coast
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