Way too young, no amount of decant can solve this. Never rounded out at all, kept the stringent mid palate, and abrupt finish. Had the gravel, tar, bacon fat known for this wine. This needs a decade or more. Not sure it will hit the heights of other past vintages.
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Opened for 3 hours. Color is deep garnet/purple. On the nose: Sour cherry funk, pepper, cassis and iron. On the palate: Intense sour cherry , blackberry with loads of barnyard funk, cassis, plum, dark chocolate, olive and pepper. This is long and rich. It is big but not jammy. It’s somewhere between The Northern Rhone and Australia is taste to me. It’s been many years since I’ve had a Bionic Frog. This is extremely tasty. Some may not enjoy the funk factor this brings but I do. I also like anything that is pickled so that might be why.
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La Tāche Dinner (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Really? Extreme beyond what I could enjoy. I found this repulsive and undrinkable in the context of the great Old World wines enjoyed tonight. One dimensional at best, and that is not a particularly interesting dimension.
Ripe cherry, strawberry, pomegranate, loads of iodine which is so common in every Bionic Frog I’ve had, ham, bacon, cedar, spice box, silky profile and long finish. Really nice and drinks well young. I’d give it a couple hours to breath or the Iodine is a bit off balance, with air this mellowed quite a bit.
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2017 was my 8th vintage with Cayuse and this is the first bottle of Bionic Frog we've ever consumed. Yeah, this is on a whole other level from the other Syrahs, even the 14 Cailloux that got 100 points from someone or another, which was a notch above the pack but not this dank, complex, powerful, beautiful wine. From a few days ago, drunk over 2 days and surprisingly open from the first pour.
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Notes from day 2. N strong dark black berries, seared meat, hers P blackberries, dark plums, sanguine, olive, eucalyptus, smoke F is very long, high acidity, tannin going on, needs time to really show but potential there to be even better.
My wife and I had this at the 4/5/19 release party. It had a deep, rich, powerful and perfumed nose of violet, smoked meat, plum, blackberry, black raspberry, toast, licorice, herb and spice aromas. The palate was dense, rich, layered and dry with flavors that followed the nose. This was my favorite of the tasting.
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8/25/2023 - Rbtrage wrote: 91 Points
Not worth the price I paid, but no doubt it is a good wine. Needs years before showing its true quality!
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2/8/2023 - zimmy07 wrote: 91 Points
Way too young, no amount of decant can solve this. Never rounded out at all, kept the stringent mid palate, and abrupt finish. Had the gravel, tar, bacon fat known for this wine. This needs a decade or more. Not sure it will hit the heights of other past vintages.
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9/25/2022 - Brian of Mull Likes this wine: 96 Points
Opened for 3 hours. Color is deep garnet/purple. On the nose: Sour cherry funk, pepper, cassis and iron. On the palate: Intense sour cherry , blackberry with loads of barnyard funk, cassis, plum, dark chocolate, olive and pepper. This is long and rich. It is big but not jammy. It’s somewhere between The Northern Rhone and Australia is taste to me. It’s been many years since I’ve had a Bionic Frog. This is extremely tasty. Some may not enjoy the funk factor this brings but I do. I also like anything that is pickled so that might be why.
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8/5/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote:
La Tāche Dinner (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Really? Extreme beyond what I could enjoy. I found this repulsive and undrinkable in the context of the great Old World wines enjoyed tonight. One dimensional at best, and that is not a particularly interesting dimension.
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5/29/2021 - pakabear Likes this wine: 94 Points
Ripe cherry, strawberry, pomegranate, loads of iodine which is so common in every Bionic Frog I’ve had, ham, bacon, cedar, spice box, silky profile and long finish. Really nice and drinks well young. I’d give it a couple hours to breath or the Iodine is a bit off balance, with air this mellowed quite a bit.
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12/29/2020 - silton Likes this wine: 97 Points
2017 was my 8th vintage with Cayuse and this is the first bottle of Bionic Frog we've ever consumed. Yeah, this is on a whole other level from the other Syrahs, even the 14 Cailloux that got 100 points from someone or another, which was a notch above the pack but not this dank, complex, powerful, beautiful wine. From a few days ago, drunk over 2 days and surprisingly open from the first pour.
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10/1/2020 - cgrimes Likes this wine:
Drank on release. Absurdly early. Will reserve judgment when they have some more age.
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5/10/2020 - manonthemoon wrote: 95 Points
Notes from day 2.
N strong dark black berries, seared meat, hers
P blackberries, dark plums, sanguine, olive, eucalyptus, smoke
F is very long, high acidity, tannin going on, needs time to really show but potential there to be even better.
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4/5/2019 - garambler Likes this wine: 97 Points
My wife and I had this at the 4/5/19 release party. It had a deep, rich, powerful and perfumed nose of violet, smoked meat, plum, blackberry, black raspberry, toast, licorice, herb and spice aromas. The palate was dense, rich, layered and dry with flavors that followed the nose. This was my favorite of the tasting.
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