2017 Rhys Syrah Horseshoe Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 94 points

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  1/12/2024 - Jahull03 wrote:

  Wow this was good. Ready for opening now - no hard edges at all and beautiful round but medium fruit - but likely to continue to evolve without meaningful downside for many years. A touch of stemmy funk emerging day 2 as the fruit starts to blow - interesting, fun, balanced and generous for a light/med wine.

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  6/17/2023 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  Two years ago I said I would wait a long time before opening any 750ml bottles of this wine. Well, sometimes two years is long enough. Four hours in a decanter didn’t hurt either. Still, it’s a very young wine, and has some teeth behind the black fruit and roasted meat. Normally a young, structured wine needs some extra time to come together in the mid-palate, but this actually shows very well, with extra herbal elements, and a richness that buffers some of the harder edges. At one point I was concerned that I had overbought on this particular wine, but after two bottles I am very happy that I have a lot of it.

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  8/2/2022 - realstevebeam Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Decanted an hour.
  A day-old flower bouquet, fatty lamb stew with generous freshly cracked pepper atop, dark chocolate dipped blackberries, a whiff of mint on a warm day. Dang. Was in the mood for this one and it's hitting all the right notes. Tannins playing well. Great acidity. Little early, could go for years, but damn good now. Love it.

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  4/21/2022 - Mike Dildine Likes this wine: 94 Points

  13% abv. Medium ruby, very aromatic. Ripe plum, black pepper, leather and olive. Distinctive and very tasty. Will be even better in 5-7 years.

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  12/28/2021 - jreis Likes this wine:

  Popped and poured at cellar temp from 375ml. Smoky bacon, olives and black pepper on the nose. Surprisingly sweet and approachable on the attack with some generous blackberry fruit intermingled with meaty, peppery spice. Definitely has some tannic grip on the back end, but tannins are not too obtrusive. In this format, drinking well early, but a long life left obviously, particularly in bigger formats. Now that the Skyline Syrah is no longer produced, this is my favorite Rhys bottling year in and year out. Great potential for this wine.

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