More or less consistent with our previous bottles. There are still some residual tannins present to support further development, but I don't anticipate dramatic changes from this point. If you haven't already opened one, now is the time.
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Popped and poured. followed over 6 hours. Grassl stems. Stored in offsite professional storage since release.
Heat and mild blue fruit on nose. The wine is youtful and unyielding and I checked it twice for the presence of a screw cap. (cork enclosure). Moderate tannin. Very mild savory qualities. Very smooth...too smooth. Wood is present. Good acidity. Heat on finish. I had high expectations and kept waiting for the gutteral satisfaction of a meaty bloody mineral-lly savory California syrah. This is far from it. The experience suggests heavy handed winemaking. Or, maybe this bottle was shut down. Doubtful though at 12 years. Perhaps a vitamix aeration and decanting technique would have helped.
This is a poor QPR. There are many other good syrahs having tremendous development at 12 years costing much less.
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2/16/2024 - ShadowIII Likes this wine: 92 Points
Big dark purple syrah, blackberry, plum, bacon fat, hints of pepper, integrated tannins, long finish
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7/3/2023 - jshufelt wrote: 92 Points
More or less consistent with our previous bottles. There are still some residual tannins present to support further development, but I don't anticipate dramatic changes from this point. If you haven't already opened one, now is the time.
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8/28/2021 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 93 Points
Solid. Only getting better.
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3/2/2021 - Callybrian Likes this wine: 88 Points
Just a wonderful nose on this syrah, very earthy and dank. The flavor is very mature, lots of prune and tannins. Seems like it's well past it's prime.
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4/20/2020 - arthrovine wrote:
Popped and poured. followed over 6 hours. Grassl stems. Stored in offsite professional storage since release.
Heat and mild blue fruit on nose. The wine is youtful and unyielding and I checked it twice for the presence of a screw cap. (cork enclosure). Moderate tannin. Very mild savory qualities. Very smooth...too smooth. Wood is present. Good acidity. Heat on finish. I had high expectations and kept waiting for the gutteral satisfaction of a meaty bloody mineral-lly savory California syrah. This is far from it. The experience suggests heavy handed winemaking. Or, maybe this bottle was shut down. Doubtful though at 12 years. Perhaps a vitamix aeration and decanting technique would have helped.
This is a poor QPR. There are many other good syrahs having tremendous development at 12 years costing much less.
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