2005 Spring Mountain Vineyard Syrah Co-Ferment

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88.3 points

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  11/27/2017 - HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:

  Popped and decanted for a few hours. The first night, the wine did not budge and remained tight, closed, and utterly unapproachable. I put the wine back into the bottle and vacuum sealed.
  
  I came back to it in two days, and two days later I was greeted with a wholly different wine. Aromas of red and black brambles, spent coffee, dried meat, garrigue, eucalyptus/tar, and old wood. Seems like a mash up between classic Napa and old word Cote Rotie- though lacking the minerality. The palate matches the nose, the wine is full bodied in the mouth and doesn't come off as being too old at all, in fact, just right. I would say, a good decant (a day or so) or a few more years in the cellar and these would be signing.

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  4/1/2013 - Pluecht wrote: 90 Points

  I really like the co ferment the Viognier really creates a seductive wine. Full bodied and ready to be enjoyed now.

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  8/19/2012 - Tim Heaton wrote:

  Somewhat reductive on first pour, so I elected to aerate to decanter 45 minutes. And while this helped, the wine never moved me in any way. 83% Syrah, 17 Viognier. Average complexity on the nose and palate. Medium(-) finish, 14.2% abv, drink now, it's not getting any better - but be sure to aerate properly first. So glad I only paid $20. Poor.

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  9/26/2008 - pdadams66 wrote: 88 Points

  Nice balance between voignier and syrah. Could do with another year in bottle.

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  8/23/2008 - D.Callahan wrote: 89 Points

  White pepper, blackberries, and dark cherries on the nose. I taste this wine on release from the vineyard and noticed some floral notes from the co-fermented white grapes but the Spring Mountain guide warned that the floral notes wou;d eventually disappear. I could no longer pick up any floral notes from this wine. The palate shows sour cherries, blackberries, plum and pepper.

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