2018 Eight Bells Syrah 8 Clones Red Willow Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  4/16/2024 - sid_loves_wine Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Enjoyable for sure and improved as time went on, but it never quite found its footing all the way for me. Started off pretty closed and a little difficult to assess, with mostly smoke and pepper on the nose (not smoke damage, just charcoal tones.) That's typical for Washington syrah and I enjoy it, but it was burying the fruit a little bit. Thankfully it came out to play after a while, sort of an unusual mix of very ripe fruit that was clearly on the redder spectrum (sort of like raspberry liqueur, which was the fruit note I kept returning to.) That dark red fruit mixed nicely with the savory tones, sort of like pepper beef with raspberry reduction. It never really harmonized into something greater than the sum of its parts, and I wouldn't call it especially expressive or nuanced, but it was solid and very tasty with a simple steak (which helped to temper the otherwise pretty dusty, rustic tannin structure.) Maybe I'm underrating it a bit, It just didn't really grab me.

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  2/2/2024 - VinZen wrote:

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  12/8/2022 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 92 Points

  Day 1: Blueberries, Bing cherry, floral, minerals and dust. Very nice overall and medium plus finish. Picks up some red pepper on the finish. Not even close to the Result of a Crush wines however. 90 points
  Day 2: Not as good as day one. Black pepper, sweet roasted peppers, spices, blueberries, minerals and coffee beans. While not a huge decline not sure this is a wine I would want to own much of. 89 points
  Day 3: Once again 3 day wine review delivers. While this is not an epic Washington Syrah for the money it does offers some nice improved complexity on day 3. Sour berries, black pepper, spice, minerals, roasted peppers, dust and wild flowers. Medium plus finish. Based on day 3 Hold. 92 points
  Recommendation: Hold until 2025 or beyond.

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