2018 Hors Catégorie Vineyards Syrah Hors Catégorie Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 95.3 points

• Options

  • View rylanreynolds's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/2/2023 - rylanreynolds wrote: 95 Points

  Delicious, meat, wet river stone and slate, wild blackberry, iris. Tremendous flavors and aromas that pounce from the glass.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View KPB's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/11/2022 - KPB wrote: 94 Points

  I drink a ton of Syrah, from many sources, and wanted to try a high-scoring wine from Hors Catégorie. The 2018 is a powerful wine, very similar in style to the Tynan Judge Vineyard Syrah from California. The wine is very deeply colored, with a nose that seems a bit gamey on first sniff, but integrates better with air over an hour or two. Then I find red plums, spice, scorched earth. On the palate, medium-bodied, tart, but richly flavored. I find a medicinal note, rather bitter, on the finish that fades a bit with air, but still strikes me as being a bit overly assertive. The heat of the vintage could account for this, but if so I wouldn’t assume it will vanish anytime soon. Excellent with ratatouille.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Ex-Ray's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/24/2022 - Ex-Ray wrote: 100 Points

  First of these I've tasted. Cayuse syrah style, but even more concentrated yet elegant and complex. Another perfect wine from Baron, and already perfectly drinkable.
  Ric

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.