2014 Vegalfaro Syrah Pago de los Balagueses

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87 points

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  12/27/2019 - Baloo0774 Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Very dark wine. Hints of prune. Floral bouquet.

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  7/19/2017 - Omar Khayyam wrote:

  Impossible to rate since it was so early to drink this, no doubt, quite serious wine. Slightly chilled there's red and black fruit, but mostly violets, lilacs and some serious acidity and tannins. Some licorice and saddle oil. This is way too young to drink so hold your horses!
  
  But what a surprise with serious high altitude Syrah from Valencia! The alcohol isn't shy at 14.5% but it isn't really noticeable either. If tannins soften and fruit stays this could be a 90 point wine in five, but if the tannins stay and fruit fades, it could be 80 point wine in same time. I have good hopes for the future but my strong recommendation for the winemaker is to change from 70% new oak/30% used oak barrels to the inverse.

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  11/3/2016 - PacoHigon Likes this wine:

  Unos 10 meses en barricas de roble francés es la crianza de este monovarietal de syrah calificado como Vino de Pago y que ofrece una bien definida expresión frutal, acompañada de suaves matices especiados. Aunque la fruta se muestra con madurez el fondo, de corte balsámico, aligera y refresca la sensación global. En boca entra bien, con cuerpo medio, tanino dulce y pulido, muy bien integrado en el conjunto, buena acidez, estructura media y gran longitud. La finura de su paso por boca, sin renunciar a su carácter mediterráneo, es su principal virtud.

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