2014 Keller Estate Syrah Rotie

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  4/22/2023 - csanchez121 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Excellent! Drinking perfectly now. Will be adding newer vintages to the cellar

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  1/1/2023 - mtbarkley Likes this wine:

  Medium + Ruby starting to verge on garnet.
  Black fruits, black pepper and violets on nose. Hint of some savory bacon fat notes on the palate with lots of black fruit and some black olive. Very nice wine that should go for a couple of more years.

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  7/9/2020 - willschenk Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Fun side-by-side with 2015 Rotie Cellars Northern Blend, which is similar proportions of Syrah/viognier but from the Rocks District. This is the more structured wine. A little closed aromatically at first and tight on the palate, but opens to nice black pepper/olive/blackberry/classic Syrah aromatics to the Northern Blend’s bacon fat/orange peel leanings. Oak sticks out somewhat, but not out of place. Still a little tannic, with decent acidity and good balance. Drink now with decant or over next 5ish years.

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  6/12/2020 - CWilliam wrote: 92 Points

  Drank over 2 nights - better on night 2.
  
  Floral (especially on night 2), olives, blackberry and pepper on nose. Medium body, medium+ acidity, medium tannins and long finish. Flavor profile on palate of blackberry, tobacco, saline and plum. Very enjoyable. 92+/- Would buy Again. Purchased from "Corks by the Sea" in Southport, NC

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  1/13/2020 - AKW Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Our Rotie consists of 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier.
  Our Syrah is planted on mineral rich clay soils of the La Cruz Vineyard, remanence of the ancient seabed. La Cruz Vineyard tends to wake up under a blanket of cool fog, which is then pushed out to sea by the strong winds of the Petaluma Gap. These winds roar through the Keller Estate and out to the San Pablo Bay, leaving warm sunshine in their wake.
  The entire growing cycle for 2014 was two weeks early at every stage. The majority of the rains came in February, saving us from one of the driest seasons ever. The total rainfall for the season amounted to just above 15 inches, which was 5 inches short of normal. Mild winter tempera- tures and absolutely no rain in March warmed the soils earlier than normal which led to early bud break and then to flowering and an early harvest by the same two weeks.
  Dark fruit and wet earth rounded out with those same floral aromatics to taunt the senses, giving you more and more as the wine opens up in the glass. Black- berries and plums with notes of exotic spices lend a perfect balance to the soft velvety tannins with a prolonged finish.

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