2008 Arns Syrah Melanson Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  12/25/2020 - bergkamp10 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Fun, well made wine, and very much alive. Almost opaque, inky with minimal deposit. On the nose. Dark fruits, with hints of graphite, vanilla and smoked meats. Nice entry, rich blackberry, blueberry and cassis with obvious oak on the slightly short and drying finish. Reminded me of a toned down Shafer Relentless. No mistaking this for a cote rotie! Bought at auction for a song.

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  5/1/2013 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Delicious. Dark inky garnet color, full bodied, powerful but polished forward flavors of black berry and hints of blue fruits, layers of cassis and mocha, hints of clove, violets, leather and olive with a long lingering firm but silky tannin finish. Much like a big Southern Aussie Shiraz.
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  4/21/2013 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark inky garnet color, full bodied, powerful but polished forward flavors of black berry and hints of blue fruits, layers of cassis and mocha, hints of clove, violets, leather and olive with a long lingering firm but silky tannin finish. Much like a big Southern Aussie Shiraz.
  
  Tasted at the winery, shipped some home, drank a bottle upon arrival, need to go buy more.

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