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• pdemaio wrote: 95 points

  September 10, 2015 - Smooth, integrated and powerful with good fruit. Starting to come into its own. Decant heavily to get the most out of it.
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• Jeff Leve wrote: 90 points

  November 14, 2012 - While this is clearly a well made wine, it's not my style. It's packed with powerful layers of ripe and over ripe fruits. But it's jammy, sweet, oaky, alcoholic and hot. It lacks complexity. It was not fun to drink for me. That being said, it's a matter of personal style preferences. The points are for not finding faults in the wine. Others who enjoy these types of wine are going to like it a lot more than I did.

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• last chance wrote: 93 points

  June 5, 2011 - Blind Syrah Tasting w/ Ryan Johnson, Dick Boushey, Eric LeVine, and MrBigJ (Wild Ginger, Seattle, WA): The backup bottle of this wine was opened after the 4th flight was revealed because Joel thought that the first bottle might be off. The backup bottle was quite a bit cooler than the one that was included in the flight. The cooler temp seemed to bring out fruit flavors that were closer to cherry than plum, and the notes from the new oak were more caramel like than coconut-like. As the backup bottle warmed up though, this wine seemed to shift back to the way it showed during the 4th flight. My take away from opening the backup bottle was to serve this wine on the cooler side for a more enjoyable experience.

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• last chance wrote: 91 points

  June 5, 2011 - Blind Syrah Tasting w/ Ryan Johnson, Dick Boushey, Eric LeVine, and MrBigJ (Wild Ginger, Seattle, WA): Tasted blind. (Group's #3 (my #3)) – 0 first place votes, 0 second place votes, 11 third place votes, 1 non-voter – The nose had aromas of plum, a meaty funk, and what I originally thought was a mint-like note. After talking a bit with David, Eric and Brad, I realized that note was more coconut-like than mint-like. The palate had flavors of plum and blueberry flavors with coconut notes coming through on the palate as well. The finish on this wine just wasn't as smooth as the other wines in this flight. It was still very enjoyable, but I would have enjoyed it more if I had consumed it without comparing it to the other two wines.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Sheridan Vineyard
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Reserve
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region Washington
• SubRegion Columbia Valley
• Appellation Yakima Valley

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• In Cellars 87 (55%)
• Consumed 70 (45%)

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