2016 Melville Syrah Estate

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  11/25/2023 - Mdog Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Day one
  Needed a 2 hr decant initially thin an tight but transformed in the decanter
  Deep purple medium to full body
  Nose: big fruit ( black plum/ cherry), pink peppercorn, rose, hints of new oak, and some faint Bret
  Palate berry juice, peppercorn and umami, good acidity initially was loving it then as the wine opened it became a “pepper bomb” black pepper with a white pepper finish with fruit as a secondary note
  Good with food and lovely to smell but did not pour a second glass( had a 2016 super Tuscan also on the table- yes yes the theme was robbing the cradle)
  returned to bottle after 4-5 hrs in the decanter, vacuum air removal kept at 35 then brought back to 65
  Day 2
  Color and Nose the same except Bret a little more prominent but not to the point of being unpleasant- still fun to smell with candy notes coming and going
  Palate: more integrated but with a very strong black pepper finish followed by pleasant fruit and pepper so crazy. Pepper like you bit a peppercorn. So strong that the back of the throat and tongue burn a little but there is a pleasant fruit/ acid flavors as well.
  Overall I like it and I’m glad to have more bottles in my cellar. It’s unexpected and fun. That said
  I would not serve it to my “ Francophile” friends.

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  11/21/2023 - ogres3 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Just OK, may be losing too much fruit.

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  5/6/2023 - ogres3 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Time has been very kind to this wine, and easily could cost 2-3X more.

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  4/9/2023 - prism wrote: 93 Points

  Decanted; this opened up nicely after about a half-hour, and kept improving throughout appetizers and main course as the fruit sweetened and the tannins relaxed. A very good QPR, as is usually the case with Melville.

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  3/20/2023 - hintsOfTar Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Nice aroma has developed. Definitely has the Sta Rita Hills smell and taste - minerally, fish oily.

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