2020 Keplinger Syrah Gratus Amico Melville Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93 points

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  5/21/2023 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine:

  PNP and consumed over a two days.
  
  Opened along side Aberro White Hawk
  
  A more raw and herbaceous wine at this stage in development. It did pair well with some robust seasoned meat. Please reference Csimm's notes for further TN's as his palate is dead on.
  
  This wine is going to need a good bit of cellaring to come together. I enjoyed this a lot with ox and food.
  
  Sourced from 30 year old Syrah vines planted in sandy soils near Santa Barbara. A cooler temperature site compared to the southern facing White Hawk.
  
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  4/7/2023 - csimm wrote: 93 Points

  A few days in Napa with fellow CT'r Cristal2000: The Donna’s is much more of a Funky Cold Medina compared to its fraternal twin Block 45 sibling. Less floral as well, the Donna’s smells more like a 2011 Napa Cabernet (or maybe a 2011 Cornas) than a Syrah from Santa Maria Valley, with poblano pepper and barnyard on the nose. On the palate, it presents initially as quite stemmy (whole cluster inclusion is center stage), but comes to full fold with black raspberry, blackberry, bramble, plum, green peppercorns, and bark. A completely different animal than the Block 45. Pick your poison here, as both are very interesting expressions of Syrah that speak completely different languages. Fun to try both side by side.

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