2017 Tablas Creek Syrah

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  12/5/2021 - ftsai71@gmail.com Likes this wine: 87 Points

  This is a more restrained style, which is mostly not what I gravitate towards so that affects my rating. It's a very good wine. I had it with food (which I would recommend). It's not a big bold, overpowering Syrah which is good. I think would go great with grilled meats or pork. Very nice wine and enjoyable but I would not drink it on its own personally. If you like this style, then I would probably bump the rating up to 90. It's very good wine. Just not personally my thing.

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  8/27/2021 - BobMilton Likes this wine: 91 Points

  A really nice, restrained style Syrah. Dark fruit with Syrah spice.

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  4/1/2021 - mwneil Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Medium body, dark color, tannic, good fruit, complex, structured, a bit unfocused but this was part of its charm, drank well with fish stew with cod, shrimp, clams and chorizo in a tomato base, last bottle, would drink again, more tannin than in many syrahs but it went with the food perfectly.

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  8/13/2020 - tward wrote:

  Tried hard over a few hours to get into the groove with this, but neither of us succeeded. Certainly not bad. I'm looking at my note from late 2019 for the same vintage Esprit Rouge and there are some similarities. Something not "together", some feeling of intervention running through it. This had a confectionary quality, perhaps due to new oak? Some red fruits and spice. I didn't find the depth and character of SoRo Syrah nor the soul of NoRo nor the charm of the cool kid coastal and mountain crunchy style. All in between and anonymous.
  
  Again, a good wine, but right now I see it for casual, outside, with mixed grill including some spicy eats. Maybe put just a slight chill on it? There could be real underlying potential here that I'm not seeing - one should give Tablas Creek the benefit of the doubt. I should probably pick up another bottle and lay it down for five years with the intent of comparing to this initial impression.
  
  If I were rating now, I'd give it a solid "Good". I attempt to adhere to the absolute rating scale that CT wants users to follow, so that would be an '83'. QPR questionable.
  
  I didn't like writing this note.

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  6/28/2020 - MattMauldin wrote:

  Tablas Creek Tasting Room: Violet, berry and brambly herb aromas. Dark fruit and herbal notes on the palate, with medium body and juicy round tannins.

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