2015 Lillian Winery Syrah

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  4/20/2024 - tak4 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Using WSET Level 3 system
  Color / intensity - deep ruby
  Intensity - pronounced
  Aromas - blackberry, plum, black cherry, black raisin, meat, smoke, earth, baking spice, vanilla, black olive, rose
  Development - developing
  Dry, high acid, high alcohol, medium+ tannins, full body
  Flavor intensity high
  Finish - long
  Flavors - replicate nose, add bay leaf
  Overall - BLIC 1/1/1/1 - Outstanding
  Drink now, but suitable for further aging
  
  Unofficially, this is an awesome wine!

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  12/29/2023 - Shay.Aldriedge Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Forgot I opened one of these earlier in the year. Whoops. Wish I had more.
  
  Hour decant, then consumed from decanter over the next 3hrs.
  
  My note here is fairly similar to the 2014 note, but there is more concentration and power going on. Dark purple in the glass, with aromatics of both sweet oak as well as a kiss of whole cluster stem inclusion. Loads of dark floral notes, ripe blackberries, and smoked jerky. Large-scaled mid palate depth and richness of blue and black fruits with plenty of herbal flair and spice but it’s more iron fist in a velvet glove style. There’s black peppercorn and iron, as well as big central coast Rhône style with its rich and textural palate.
  
  I love Syrah in all expressions. It’s natural to compare these wines to SQN (and Andremily), and rightly so. These are dialed up to 9, but pull back, whereas the others aren’t afraid of going to 11. No right/wrong answer, just style preference. I happen to love both.

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  4/6/2023 - TannicBeast Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Oregon Winery using fruit from California, in a Bordeaux bottle. Deep ruby w/ a purple hue. Captivating, med+ to pronounced nose of blackberry, black currant, black pepper, medicinal herbs, red flowers, loam, cedar and oak spice. Dry, but fruit-forward, w/ med acidity, med+ silky tannins and high alcohol. Full-bodied, w/ med+ flavor intensity and length. Really singing now, but has the potential for increased complexity w/ further aging. Made me think I should be drinking more Syrah.

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  2/4/2023 - jshufelt wrote: 93 Points

  Decanted one hour before service. In the glass, dark, brooding, saturated purple. On the nose, a mix of blackberries, tobacco, and noticeable funk. On the palate, blackberries, currants, and mellow ground pepper, with a silky texture and touches of cedar on a long finish. Very approachable now, but the flashes of cedar and tobacco make me think more lies in wait.

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  1/19/2023 - Bob23 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Still a touch of sweet oak discernible upon opening, but it fades after an hour or so. Lovely acidity, blackberry fruit, and excellent balance.

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