2017 Black Sheep Finds Syrah Holus Bolus Presqu’ile Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  4/27/2024 - Cabfrancophile Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Opened at cellar temperature, consumed from bottle over an evening. Wow, this is still drinking incredibly young and open.
  
  Floral bouquet and white pepper abound, really 'pretty' bouquet, perfumed, ripe raspberries. Same palate impression as previously, elegant, silky, sculpted and finessed. Raspberry with sweet spice on the palate. Seamless progression from attack to finish, long finish. Low-ish ABV, no oak, extremely fine (perfect?) tannins.
  
  Drink or hold. The structure is subtle but clearly capable of carrying this wine. Holding my last bottle until 12-15 years from vintage, as I'm curious if savory bottle bouquet will emerge. While this is fully dry, it's still centered on the sweeter, perfumey character it has close to release. In any case, I found the 2016 seemed already past peak, but this is a data point favoring longer term aging for this cuvee, if a vintage supports it.

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  11/3/2023 - millerarner wrote: 94 Points

  Delicious. We usually don’t like them this fruity, but this was so fun. Lots of personality, well balanced, great finish, and quite food friendly . . . What’s not to like?

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  7/25/2021 - Cabfrancophile Likes this wine:

  Consistent with prior note. Though seems to be picking up a stronger smoked meat flavor on the finish. Extremely fine texture, continues to exude elegance.

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  4/12/2021 - DeLuz Likes this wine: 94 Points

  N: Highly aromatic with pepper, roasted meat, blackberry
  P: Savory with blackberry, olive brine, creosote.
  Medium + acid, long finish.

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  12/1/2020 - davergny Likes this wine: 95 Points

  One of the best young red wines I have ever tasted. Such finesse and complexity. Blueberry, white pepper, savory herbs, clove, juicy and extracted but medium light body. Super fine tannins and a long finish. Not sure how this will develop but there is a hint that some meaty characteristics will turn up after a few years. So good now though.

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