It’s a cool, late summer evening, there’s a wood fire burning, and rib-eye steaks on the grill grate. The fat is dripping into the embers. Have some charcuterie and olives while the meat finishes cooking.
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Long time since my last bottle of this. It’s still young. Not so grapey as it was in 2015, the focus is now on savory elements such as roasted meat, dried herbs and black olive, with dried blackberry fruit only in a supporting role. There is lots of depth, and also significant tannic structure. It’s really quite a lot of wine, and only 12% alcohol. I would not peg it as California if I was served blind, as it does not show the “sunny fruit.” It’s a very cool climate, reserved, intellectual wine. Glad to have one more bottle for another time.
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Medium dark purple color. Big nose. Mint and roasted coffee. Palate has a fresh cut redwood note and herbs. The fruit does show as grape and primarily on the backend. Very long finish and nice acid.
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Opened last night, pulled the cork maybe 2 hrs before we had our first glass. Bit primary, as if that remark doesn't sound funny for a Syrah labeled at 12.0%. It surely doesn't drink to that # though. It has terrific color, then notes of all the whole cluster with olive, pepper and again, not short of flavor or dilute. Little left for later, so with the added air from overnight, we can see any more evolution or not....retaste the next day, boy, I really like this wine a lot. As Buke described in his note on the wine, there is a grapey quality to it, which for me is like the thought of a wine that is still a bit primary crossing with an inky, fruit pure quality. It has a pure blueberry feel, with minerality and fresh blueberry skin-like acidity. Having not before tasted anything previous from Majik, I can't say whether the profile today is consistent with past vintages but this is a terrific syrah, showing lots of pure expression, zero wood, no booze signature and drinking fresh. Terrific.
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Early days for this wine. It is very unevolved, starting out mostly grapey. I poured off a sip to check it, then left the bottle to air for 90 minutes. Pull some local lamb chops off the grill and it's time to go. Still very youthfully unevolved, but some elements coming into focus, mostly focused on red meat, ripe berries and then an elusive and alluring bacon note. Palate richness grows with air, and gives more and more reason to let my other bottles rest for a few years before sampling again. Promising. Very promising.
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9/14/2023 - JJKinch wrote: 91 Points
Dark fruit (blueberry, blackberry), slight olive, slight dried herb, slight roasted meat. Nice primary fruit. Good acidity. Lingering finish
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7/9/2021 - Rieslingfan wrote:
It’s a cool, late summer evening, there’s a wood fire burning, and rib-eye steaks on the grill grate. The fat is dripping into the embers. Have some charcuterie and olives while the meat finishes cooking.
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2/4/2020 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Long time since my last bottle of this. It’s still young. Not so grapey as it was in 2015, the focus is now on savory elements such as roasted meat, dried herbs and black olive, with dried blackberry fruit only in a supporting role. There is lots of depth, and also significant tannic structure. It’s really quite a lot of wine, and only 12% alcohol. I would not peg it as California if I was served blind, as it does not show the “sunny fruit.” It’s a very cool climate, reserved, intellectual wine. Glad to have one more bottle for another time.
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9/7/2015 - brigcampbell wrote:
Medium dark purple color. Big nose. Mint and roasted coffee. Palate has a fresh cut redwood note and herbs. The fruit does show as grape and primarily on the backend. Very long finish and nice acid.
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9/6/2015 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Opened last night, pulled the cork maybe 2 hrs before we had our first glass. Bit primary, as if that remark doesn't sound funny for a Syrah labeled at 12.0%. It surely doesn't drink to that # though. It has terrific color, then notes of all the whole cluster with olive, pepper and again, not short of flavor or dilute. Little left for later, so with the added air from overnight, we can see any more evolution or not....retaste the next day, boy, I really like this wine a lot. As Buke described in his note on the wine, there is a grapey quality to it, which for me is like the thought of a wine that is still a bit primary crossing with an inky, fruit pure quality. It has a pure blueberry feel, with minerality and fresh blueberry skin-like acidity. Having not before tasted anything previous from Majik, I can't say whether the profile today is consistent with past vintages but this is a terrific syrah, showing lots of pure expression, zero wood, no booze signature and drinking fresh. Terrific.
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8/11/2015 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Early days for this wine. It is very unevolved, starting out mostly grapey. I poured off a sip to check it, then left the bottle to air for 90 minutes. Pull some local lamb chops off the grill and it's time to go. Still very youthfully unevolved, but some elements coming into focus, mostly focused on red meat, ripe berries and then an elusive and alluring bacon note. Palate richness grows with air, and gives more and more reason to let my other bottles rest for a few years before sampling again. Promising. Very promising.
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