2019 Halcon Vineyards Syrah Alturas

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Decanting Queen Likes this wine:

Sunday, April 25, 2021 - Same experience as my Feb note. I have never had a syrah that was so good so young. The fruit is so pure juicy and the tannins are almost crunchy—I feel like I am eating this wine not drinking it. Some savory notes poking through. A bit of a zing from the CO2. Great on PnP, gets a bit more astringent tannic over a few hours time but still amazing. This time I saved half the bottle in a 375 to try again in a few days.

Edit: 3 days later and really noticed the astringency and greenness much more. It isn’t pyrazine-like, more plant-like, even hemp or something illegal in some states-lol. More intellectually interesting than fun to drink at this point. At this you age I think drink after opening. Otherwise they need a long rest in the cellar

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Comment posted by Mark1npt:

4/26/2021 9:18:00 PM - Very curious to see if this really tightens up over 3 days, falls apart or remains the same! Young wines I've done this to more often than not seem to really tighten up.......let me know!
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

4/27/2021 3:35:00 AM - I probably won’t try it again until tomorrow (which will be day 4) but it is not getting so much air right now in a 375 glass bottle. I’ll let you know!!
Btw, Mark, I have a bottle of this for you. I know you aren’t a big Syrah fan and you might not love it, but it is just so different. No time to drink at palooza so you will have to take it home.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

4/27/2021 5:48:00 AM - Well, thanks Jen! It does sound good and I do like syrah, just in limited doses, need the right mood, etc.....kinda like Miles Davis, a certain amount of him at the right time goes along way.......
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

5/24/2021 9:55:00 PM - Also chillin' in the cellar.....ty. Will try soon with a pnp with HMC and file a scientific report here, lol!
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

5/25/2021 5:35:00 AM - HMC will hate it!! lol. Can’t wait for the report