2016 Halcon Vineyards Syrah Alturas

Community Tasting Notes (39) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  12/1/2023 - klezman wrote:

  Night 1 is all pepper and cherry/plum. Stemmy and moderately tannic. Excellent stuff.
  Just as delicious on night 2. Alternating impressions between peppery and purely crisp and ripe fruit. Great stuff.

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  11/12/2023 - blakel wrote: 94 Points

  Just singing right now with dark fruit, smoke, violets, minerals... One of the best Halcons, one of the best California wines... One of the best wines, period, I have ever had.

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  9/16/2023 - Rich S Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Consistent with previous bottle. Drank alongside a 2015 Jaboulet Hermitage and paired with grilled lamb chops. The Halcon fruit was a touch riper and there was a bit of smokiness to the wine as well.

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  9/27/2022 - blanquito wrote:

  Delicious, expressively aromatic of basalt and black pepper. Nice balance but still quite dry. I like now but better in 5 years.

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  7/11/2022 - Lyonspat13 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wonderfully restrained medium bodied California Syrah. Elegant, still with some grippy tannin but not overly assertive, starting to take on a bit of a savory / salinity character. Strong backbone of acid - lovely now but may improve and certainly will last for a while. One of my favorite CA syrahs to date.

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