Community Tasting Notes 18

• Kschlach Likes this wine:

  April 4, 2013 - Deep dark red. Little bricking. Dense aromas and flavors of bramble, garrigue, rare grilled meat, iodine, reductive and hints of black/green peppercorn. Nice wine. Drink up.

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• jfkwines wrote: 91 points

  November 12, 2012 - I agree with notes below, youthful, good fruit, nice food wine. Saved a glass for a second night and it drank well. Drink or hold

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• LorenGrossman wrote: 91 points

  February 12, 2012 - Youthful, opaque color. Notes of clove, mulled citrus, red currant, sugar plum and lavender. Red fruits, cracked pepper, citrus pith on the racy, intense palate. Furry, fine tannins. Long, peppery finish. Will reward more time in the cellar. Very Crozes Hermitage to me. Good food wine.

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• Tim Heaton wrote:

  August 13, 2011 - Consumed over 2 nights, night 1 showing far better. Ultimately this served as a decent enough food wine, but I waited too long to open it. Having purchased it 4 1/2 years ago, I probably should have opened it 2 years back. Night #1 saw lovely aromatics of smoked plum, blueberry jam, a hint of vanilla and coffee beans. The production was mostly short-lived though and by the second glass most the sex appeal factor had departed. Everything is fully resolved now, smooth and enjoyable, but the romance has faded. This may have been worth $40 at one time, but those days are behind it now. Drink them if you've got them. 14,5% abv.

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• jmoulder wrote: 86 points

  May 20, 2011 - Very hot wine. Pronounced sugar and alcohol. Vegetal as others have noted. There is some nice spice and fruit, but this wine is off balance and seems over worked. I normally really enjoy Failla wines, but this was a bit disappointing.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Failla
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Phoenix Ranch
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
• In Cellars 38 (40%)
• Consumed 58 (60%)

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