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• jimineff Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 30, 2016 - Full bodied, heavy syrah. Still drinking well with many years left.
  Nose: Heavy barnyard stink when opened, mostly blew off within an hour to be replaced by heat and briar fruit aromas.
  Tongue: Strong fruit up front (stewed cherries, caramel, stewed apple), with olive overtones toward finish. Strong mineral (chalky) tannins. Flavor arc is fruit forward, then tannins, trailed by fruit/olive notes in a long finish.

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• Grape Stuff Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 3, 2015 - P&P, consumed over 2 hours. This had a prominent olive tapenade profile throughout, with blue and black fruit mid-notes. This was unlike any other McPrice wine I've had. Overall delicious, but thrown by the olive notes.

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• expres1038 Likes this wine: 93 points

  July 30, 2014 - Big and beautiful

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• EvanJB wrote: 92 points

  July 2, 2014 - This has matured from a fruit bomb into an elegant wine. Still definitely has life, but don't know how much longer it will last.

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• cbbrown3 wrote: 94 points

  August 10, 2013 - The wine is a deep, dark purple color. The massive nose is full of blackberries, blueberries, minerals, dark chocolate, black pepper, charred meat, hot asphalt, vanilla, and violets. This has a very full body, solid tannins, and good acidity. On the palate there is a load of peppery, crushed berries and stony minerals up front with some meaty elements and vanilla coming in on the back end. The finish is long and lush with some dark chocolate entering the picture as well as a touch of alcohol. This is a big boy with little in the way of subtlety or nuance.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer McPrice Myers
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Les Galets
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Central Coast
• Appellation Arroyo Grande Valley

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• In Cellars 47 (20%)
• Consumed 186 (80%)

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