2013 Riverain Syrah Cardiac Hill Bennett Valley

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  3/4/2024 - smorris291 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Final of three bottles. A bit muted on first evening, even with a 4 hour decant. Still pretty tannic, with dark fruits. Improved overnight while in the decanter measurably—really opened up and became more interesting. 90 on night one and 92 on night two: so 91 overall.

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  5/22/2022 - smorris291 wrote: 91 Points

  Second bottle, about a year after I opened the last one. Dark, opaque purple in the glass. Dark fruits with spice, turning to a briny olive on the palate. Still pretty tannic, long finish. On night two, some of the fruit had fallen away…but overall still great. I just find these Riverain Syrahs so, so fascinating.

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  1/30/2022 - Geoff Weathersby Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dark, inky and delicious. Still very young. Could use another 3-5 years.

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  6/22/2021 - mdahar wrote: 92 Points

  Drank with 2 hour decant and was great. This have some of the northern Rhone flavours but this is clearly California syrah. This should continue to be great for many years

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  5/1/2021 - smorris291 wrote: 91 Points

  Dark, almost opaque purple in the glass. Started out more primary with dark berry fruits, but over the evening more smoke and pepper came out. Not as savory as the 2012 version, but still delicious. (Convinced my friend who generally dislikes CA wines, too!) Will hold on to the other two bottles and see how they develop.

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