Concentrated nose of invigorating, lively, and inviting black fruits. Absolutely delicious. Dry, medium plus bodied. Medium plus acidity. Medium tannins, smooth supple rolling tannins. Medium alcohol. Great, immense flavors. Blackberries, pepper, wet earth, wet leaves, minerality layers throughout and intertwined. Incredibly lively wine. Highly recommended.
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So very clean, cool, pure, and balanced, The essence of WA Syrah, and perfectly made. I particularly like how "cool" tasting this is, with no sense of overripeness or sweetness on the front edge. Very tasty, excellent with wild game. Drank at Purple Kirkland.
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Nearly black core with purple tinted rim. The nose is a blast of black pepper along with some floral perfumed aromatics. Full bodied with dark fruits and savory components. Blackberry and olive brine which is a strange combo for layers of flavor, but it works beautifully. Strong acidic structure keeps the fruit bright rather than brooding. Tannins are silky soft. Nice length.
As always, Gramercy delivers a wine which is firmly new world in style, but sensible and balanced. No heat or flab, just pure fruit.
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An elegant and refined syrah. Very strong flavor profile with brambly pepper and spice notes. Bright acidity throughout. A little taut at first, this gained some body with air without being too overbearing or jammy. Very well made and a good example of what's possible in WA. I look forward to my next bottle from Gramercy.
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even better that the night before...really like this wine, expressive and very food oriented....worked very well with the BBQ we were having. Otherwise consistent with prior notes
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High fruit, high acidity wine...very easy to drink, yet complex in its delivery. Nose of cloves and other spices, tastes of red fruits, plum and dark cherry. Earthy spices balance the juicy acidity. Very nice indeed.
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Medium-full body in color. Back label says it's a food wine, which turned me off a little to be honest. I drink most of my wine before dinner- should I not like this wine in that case? Fortunately for me, I found the wine to stand up quite nicely both wine food and without. A little fake-grapey on the nose, but not in a bad way. Dried fruit, light tannins and medium acid on the palate. Menthol on the finish. Nice craft-brew looking label makes me think it's cool-person wine.
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Drinking this one as part of a TasteLive event put on by Hospice du Rhone (disclosure: I received the bottle as a sample from HDR). Really pleasantly surprised by this wine, particularly the acidity in the blend - did not expect that. I'm not pairing it with anything at the moment, but lamb chops or another rich meat would go very nicely with this wine...even a nice grilled burger.
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1/22/2018 - smcg Likes this wine: 89 Points
Pleasant and still has decent fruit but simple and becoming a bit astringent. Best days behind, so drink now.
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3/4/2016 - WineMedic Likes this wine: 93 Points
Concentrated nose of invigorating, lively, and inviting black fruits. Absolutely delicious. Dry, medium plus bodied. Medium plus acidity. Medium tannins, smooth supple rolling tannins. Medium alcohol. Great, immense flavors. Blackberries, pepper, wet earth, wet leaves, minerality layers throughout and intertwined. Incredibly lively wine. Highly recommended.
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6/1/2015 - Easter Everywhere Likes this wine:
superb, savory, cool, really good!, Rhone-like, meaty, olive, good fruit
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5/28/2012 - ocperu wrote:
Opened up nicely after two hours. Wish I had more!
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12/31/2011 - hdchappy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Fantastic WA Sryah, everyone loved this wine tonight. Dark, deep fruit smooth and tasty!
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10/24/2011 - JasonG Likes this wine: 94 Points
So very clean, cool, pure, and balanced, The essence of WA Syrah, and perfectly made. I particularly like how "cool" tasting this is, with no sense of overripeness or sweetness on the front edge. Very tasty, excellent with wild game. Drank at Purple Kirkland.
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8/10/2011 - danielbleier wrote: 93 Points
consistent with prior notes...my last bottle. As an introduction to Gramercy, you could hardly do better.
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8/9/2011 - Anthony Lombardi wrote:
Nearly black core with purple tinted rim. The nose is a blast of black pepper along with some floral perfumed aromatics. Full bodied with dark fruits and savory components. Blackberry and olive brine which is a strange combo for layers of flavor, but it works beautifully. Strong acidic structure keeps the fruit bright rather than brooding. Tannins are silky soft. Nice length.
As always, Gramercy delivers a wine which is firmly new world in style, but sensible and balanced. No heat or flab, just pure fruit.
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7/8/2011 - danielbleier wrote: 93 Points
consistent with prior notes
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1/20/2011 - Joshiemac Likes this wine: 91 Points
An elegant and refined syrah. Very strong flavor profile with brambly pepper and spice notes. Bright acidity throughout. A little taut at first, this gained some body with air without being too overbearing or jammy. Very well made and a good example of what's possible in WA. I look forward to my next bottle from Gramercy.
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9/3/2010 - danielbleier wrote: 93 Points
even better that the night before...really like this wine, expressive and very food oriented....worked very well with the BBQ we were having. Otherwise consistent with prior notes
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9/2/2010 - danielbleier wrote: 92 Points
High fruit, high acidity wine...very easy to drink, yet complex in its delivery. Nose of cloves and other spices, tastes of red fruits, plum and dark cherry. Earthy spices balance the juicy acidity. Very nice indeed.
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8/26/2010 - IamNotDrinkingAny#@!%Merlot wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful, elegant version... seems like a good amount of Viognier in there (bottle did not indicate). Really impressive.
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3/24/2010 - RobertDwyer wrote: 89 Points
Medium-full body in color. Back label says it's a food wine, which turned me off a little to be honest. I drink most of my wine before dinner- should I not like this wine in that case? Fortunately for me, I found the wine to stand up quite nicely both wine food and without. A little fake-grapey on the nose, but not in a bad way. Dried fruit, light tannins and medium acid on the palate. Menthol on the finish. Nice craft-brew looking label makes me think it's cool-person wine.
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3/24/2010 - rjhilgers@gmail.com wrote: 89 Points
Drinking this one as part of a TasteLive event put on by Hospice du Rhone (disclosure: I received the bottle as a sample from HDR). Really pleasantly surprised by this wine, particularly the acidity in the blend - did not expect that. I'm not pairing it with anything at the moment, but lamb chops or another rich meat would go very nicely with this wine...even a nice grilled burger.
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