2011 Michael-David Vineyards Syrah 6th Sense

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  7/2/2016 - arvidpalmqvist wrote:

  Blackberry, vanilla, fudge (a lot of oak), a bit high alcohol taste at 15%, sort of one dimensional yet quaffable. Its acidity and tannins does not make me think this will improve with further aging so drink up!

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  3/11/2015 - wineesquire Likes this wine:

  Full blog post available at https://wineesquire.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/michael-davids-sixth-sense/
  
  I smell something. It’s a good something. But I can’t actually put my finger on what it is. It smells rich and deep, almost meaty. I taste the wine and it tastes rich and deep, almost meaty. You really get a mouthful with this one. Definitely full bodied with a drier finish. I would use the word “robust”. This is thoroughly enjoyable. Especially with my (reheated) veal osso bucco and risotto. With the food I get notes of smoke and wood. Now that I mention it, I think that’s what I smell on the nose too. The color of this wine is beautiful, the deepest shade of plum imaginable with a ring of bright burgundy bubbles around the edge. No matter if you’re still in debt or finally enjoying the fruits of your lawyer labor, I would recommend getting a bottle of this, stat. At the $16.99 price point, I’ll certainly be purchasing again.

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  1/28/2015 - cuffthis Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Opaque purple in color, this wine reveals focused aromas of blackberry, blueberry and olive tapenade. The mouth feel is very full-bodied with white pepper, plum and black cherry elements. The finish was firm but somewhat hot, with the 15.0% abv bringing a noticeable burn.
  
  Purchased for $45US at the Ryland Inn in Whitehouse Station, NJ at a recent business dinner, this is a good value, full-bodied Syrah that, short of the hot finish, is a very good offering from a quality winery.

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  12/20/2014 - slubgob Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Opaque royal purple. Nose of blackberry and dark cherry,a bit of pepper. Robust dark fruit in the mouth, plums mostly.more cherry on the finish with pepper in the mid.pairs beautifully with lamb with juniper-fennel butter and cranberry relish

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  7/15/2014 - Carsten Madsen wrote: 90 Points

  Blackberry, blueberry, licorice and spice. Very dark and intense and some sweet fruit. To heavy for my taste, and a little to much oak.

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