Decanted overnight Nose - salami, black olive (per doug), crazy nose mouth - huge extracted, meaty, gamey, just delicious. very much reminiscent of Cayuse
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Medium sediment, dark and inky, to cloudy. Earthy character, long finish. Great after half hour in the decanter. Classic syrah aromas on opening. Paid $25, good value at this price but not at the 40-50 asking price. Rated 90-91.
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Sight: Med. sedement with purple, dark ruby color. Dark and cloudy with medium legs. A young wine. Nose: Med. intensity with a blackberry, plum fruit backed by raisin tar, leather and clove. Leans towards the earthy side. Taste: Tar, leather, green olive and seaweed with subtle blackberry and anise seed. Not a fruit bomb. Note: With med acidity and smooth tannis, the earthy fruit overpowers making this a slightly offbalance wine. Slightly flabby. A 40 second finish.
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2/10/2013 - soyhead wrote: 94 Points
Decanted overnight
Nose - salami, black olive (per doug), crazy nose
mouth - huge extracted, meaty, gamey, just delicious. very much reminiscent of Cayuse
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5/1/2011 - norsktorsk wrote: 92 Points
Drinking quite nicely at the moment.
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10/24/2009 - Bones1541 wrote:
Medium sediment, dark and inky, to cloudy. Earthy character, long finish. Great after half hour in the decanter. Classic syrah aromas on opening. Paid $25, good value at this price but not at the 40-50 asking price. Rated 90-91.
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3/17/2009 - jerhardt wrote: 89 Points
Deep, dark purple. Very big wine with some slight reductive notes. Pretty good, but not a great QPR.
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11/7/2008 - steamboatwine1 wrote: 88 Points
Sight: Med. sedement with purple, dark ruby color. Dark and cloudy with medium legs. A young wine.
Nose: Med. intensity with a blackberry, plum fruit backed by raisin tar, leather and clove. Leans towards the earthy side.
Taste: Tar, leather, green olive and seaweed with subtle blackberry and anise seed. Not a fruit bomb.
Note: With med acidity and smooth tannis, the earthy fruit overpowers making this a slightly offbalance wine. Slightly flabby. A 40 second finish.
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