2011 Bedrock Wine Co. Syrah Exposition Two Weill a Way Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  3/10/2024 - Cow Town Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Fun to think of a comparison to a Guigal LaLa, but there is no comparison. However, this is an unbelievably good wine in its own right. There was more fruit, and less Rhône-ish flavors (no meat, bloody, or iron notes), but the depth was great. It started out a bit reticent and earthy. An hour later it was trying to be a central coast/SQN wine. Over the next few hours, it continued to change, evolve, and develop. Exceptional, and so fun to follow over an afternoon.

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  8/11/2023 - acyso wrote: 88 Points

  Bedrock syrahs at Bazaar Meat (Chicago, IL): The most disappointing of the three in the flight -- this showed a little dead on the nose and palate. Lots of black cherry and modest vanilla tones, but generally just structural and not particularly expressive. Oddly shut down in comparison to the other two wines as well.

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  5/8/2023 - doctornoah Likes this wine: 94 Points

  River School Auction Tasting (Washington DC): The "La Turque" of the three. This had, to my tastes, the best combination of classic Northern Rhone elements - smoked meat, brine, flowers, white pepper - and dark fruit. Great length and depth but texturally right between the lighter Exposition 3 and the rounder Exposition 1. Really a great trio together and, as a serious Northern Rhone drinker, this was as close as I've seen a New World wine approach Cote Rotie.

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  7/24/2022 - David_T Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A very nice syrah. Drinking well now with a bit of air. Fresh red/black cherries, raspberries, licorice, some pepper, hints of earth and grilled meat. The medium acid/tannins are integrated. The oak is there but balanced, and I agree with others the viognier adds a nice lift.

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  2/4/2022 - SH Wu wrote: 91 Points

  Needs a very long decant. First small glass right out of the bottle was astringent and overly syrupy, so I gave it another day to open.
  
  After one day in the open bottle, the layers of flavor start to come in. The nose smells of licorice candy, fleshy black cherries and a little peppery meat. The influence of the 36 months of oak is quite apparent.
  
  The palate follows with green strawberries, stoney minerality, white pepper and plush tannins. The lightly syrupy acidic finish is wrapped by the texture of black cherry skins lightly caressing the tongue.
  
  The 2011 is not as complete a wine as the 2012 version of Exposition 2, but still great nonetheless. I enjoyed this with stir fried wagyu ground beef noodles on day two of opening. The green strawberry syrup acidity really elevated the fulfilling fattiness of the wagyu.

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