Better showing than last bottle (85) but still not too impressed. Cured meat (salami?) on the initial nose but blew off to aromas of black fruit and pepper. Medium bodied with more blackberry and leather in the mouth. The finish is where this wine suffers. Short and a little bitter. There is much better Cali syrah out there.
Better on the second day....moments of nice fruit. They seemed to come and go with each sip though.
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Medium to dark, opaque. Dark red fruit nose. Medium to full bodied, dark red raspberry fruit semi sweet rich finish. Nice with good body and Grenache fruit, rich finish.
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7/19/2011 - danstrings wrote: 87 Points
Crowd pleasing red, juicy and some sexy oak, not bad...
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4/9/2010 - BobMilton Likes this wine: 88 Points
Good dark color, decent fruit, some pepper. Much better when drunk alone without food.
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3/2/2009 - pete s. wrote:
Better showing than last bottle (85) but still not too impressed. Cured meat (salami?) on the initial nose but blew off to aromas of black fruit and pepper. Medium bodied with more blackberry and leather in the mouth. The finish is where this wine suffers. Short and a little bitter. There is much better Cali syrah out there.
Better on the second day....moments of nice fruit. They seemed to come and go with each sip though.
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12/11/2008 - pete s. wrote: 85 Points
black pepper, black fruit, and meat on the nose. disappointing on the palate with a bitter tannic finish.
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12/5/2007 - gdbarton1@gmail.com wrote:
Medium to dark, opaque. Dark red fruit nose. Medium to full bodied, dark red raspberry fruit semi sweet rich finish. Nice with good body and Grenache fruit, rich finish.
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