2010 Arnot-Roberts Syrah Clary Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  7/22/2022 - bgriffi1 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Beautifully aged syrah. Balanced fruit and tannin. Shows the subtleties of the syrah grape

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  3/17/2022 - jjct wrote:

  Pop-and-pour. Very savory, loads of olive. Fresh red fruit, great acidity, bracing tannins, open and drinking well. Plenty of sediment, so decant. This didn't really move me, but perhaps with more air it would?

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  6/6/2021 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Incredible. Soft but not diminishing at all. I wish I had more.

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  1/21/2019 - Cote d'Or wrote:

  PopnPour, tasted over 2 hrs and day 2
  -nearly opaque dark red-black, no bricking
  -intensely jammy berry (boysenberry) at first then picks up some black pepper nuances after an hour; pepper dominates on day 2
  -med/med+ acidity, med weight and depth, jammy dark berry black raspberry hard candy licorice earth, med/med+ tannins; black pepper and olive juice adds complexity on day 2
  -quite impressive with a bit more depth and fruit than some other vintages (and from a bottle tasted a couple years ago) yet retaining fresh acidity, still some upside as it continues to shed tannins

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  3/9/2017 - KeithAkers wrote: 89 Points

  Nose: The nose was highly aromatic and balanced with black and white pepper, black cherries, raspberries, tobacco, and some violets. Though the nose was expressive, it lacked some depth and definition as the tones were more weighted towards the pepper aspect of it.
  
  Taste: Medium/full bodied with medium+ acidity and medium tannins. The structure has integrated well and the feel showing an elegance to it with black and white pepper, black cherries, tobacco, and violets. The mid-palate and finish are a bit thin unfortunately and most of everything is concentrated on the attack.
  
  Overall: This has started to somewhat turn into a thought experiment as opposed to a beautifully mature Sonoma Syrah. That said, there still is a good level of enjoyment to be had in the near term, but it feels like it is on the down slope.

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