Friday dinner meetup at Hertford. Thick wax seal cork closure. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of dark green olives, black olive tapenade, meat, dark red cherries. Developed. On the palate, dry, medium acidity, high alcohol (15%), smooth fine high tannins, sneaky full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of peppery spices, sweet plums, dark red cherries, dark green and black olives. Long spicy peppery finish. Very good quality. Was well received by the audience. Good that it has classic Syrah varietal characteristics, and not a fruit bomb considering the scary 15% alcohol on the label. Acidity sensation could be better. Likely at peak as good as it gets already. Drink and enjoy. Grown on sandy soils and 100% whole bunches used.
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Bought at the pickup party and drank that night with Italian food. Plenty left. Beautiful aromas of dried fruit, bacon grease and smoked paprika. Tastes of black ripe fruit and perfectly ripe tannins. Glad I bought another. I won’t wail to long to drink it.
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Really nice Syrah. Sweet dark black cherry and violet nose and front. The middle is dark and where some of the pepper starts to come into play. The finish is black pepper and jerky and has a savory kind of character yet the wine overall is smooth and balanced and definitely more to the fruit side, not the meat side. Still quite young with a ton of life left, but with this drinking so well now, why wait?
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10/6/2023 - Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 93 Points
Friday dinner meetup at Hertford. Thick wax seal cork closure. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of dark green olives, black olive tapenade, meat, dark red cherries. Developed.
On the palate, dry, medium acidity, high alcohol (15%), smooth fine high tannins, sneaky full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of peppery spices, sweet plums, dark red cherries, dark green and black olives. Long spicy peppery finish.
Very good quality. Was well received by the audience. Good that it has classic Syrah varietal characteristics, and not a fruit bomb considering the scary 15% alcohol on the label. Acidity sensation could be better. Likely at peak as good as it gets already. Drink and enjoy.
Grown on sandy soils and 100% whole bunches used.
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10/11/2022 - Gonzo’s grape juice Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bought at the pickup party and drank that night with Italian food. Plenty left. Beautiful aromas of dried fruit, bacon grease and smoked paprika. Tastes of black ripe fruit and perfectly ripe tannins. Glad I bought another. I won’t wail to long to drink it.
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5/4/2022 - TallMikeWine Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow....great stuff! But drink up!
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3/6/2020 - mflesh wrote: 93 Points
Really nice Syrah. Sweet dark black cherry and violet nose and front. The middle is dark and where some of the pepper starts to come into play. The finish is black pepper and jerky and has a savory kind of character yet the wine overall is smooth and balanced and definitely more to the fruit side, not the meat side. Still quite young with a ton of life left, but with this drinking so well now, why wait?
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12/7/2019 - DanielJ Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is really good. Great depth of flavor deep red fruit. Cherry.
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