Vinetasters: Young Northern Rhône (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. Dark fruit profile on the nose. Very sweet, and almost port-like, without the fortification and the residual sugar. The alcohol and firm tannins do stick out, and leave a pretty bitter finish. Comes across a bit over the top for me. My 12th, group's 10th.
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Monday hangout at Domaine (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. Plenty of syrah-inflected black fruit, with a burlier, chunkier texture on the palate. More black fruit than red, plenty of young tannins. Chewy and very young -- I thought this was a different vintage of the X-Block syrah alongside, even though it was pretty obvious that this was young new world syrah.
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Forward plush wine, but the structure and austerity really grabs you on the finish. Mostly back fruits with hints of olive and strong white pepper note. Quite vibrant and fresh on the palate and yes it’s quite tannic, but fruit is still to the front. Length black fruited and spicy finish. Excellent CA Syrah.
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10/8/2023 - acyso wrote: 85 Points
Vinetasters: Young Northern Rhône (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. Dark fruit profile on the nose. Very sweet, and almost port-like, without the fortification and the residual sugar. The alcohol and firm tannins do stick out, and leave a pretty bitter finish. Comes across a bit over the top for me. My 12th, group's 10th.
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8/12/2023 - mattstolz11 Likes this wine: 93 Points
every time I drink a bedrock Syrah I wonder why I go so long between drinking bedrock Syrahs. delicious!
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6/14/2023 - VAGenius wrote: flawed
Corked
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2/20/2023 - acyso wrote: 88 Points
Monday hangout at Domaine (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. Plenty of syrah-inflected black fruit, with a burlier, chunkier texture on the palate. More black fruit than red, plenty of young tannins. Chewy and very young -- I thought this was a different vintage of the X-Block syrah alongside, even though it was pretty obvious that this was young new world syrah.
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2/5/2023 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Forward plush wine, but the structure and austerity really grabs you on the finish. Mostly back fruits with hints of olive and strong white pepper note. Quite vibrant and fresh on the palate and yes it’s quite tannic, but fruit is still to the front. Length black fruited and spicy finish. Excellent CA Syrah.
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