2007 Shane Syrah Valenti Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  1/16/2022 - cobbpa wrote: 91 Points

  Holding up quite well. Plenty of dark berry fruit, with great components of herb, tea, and a bit of pepper spice (whole cluster). Nice creamy midpalate with nice acid support. Likely has several years of life left at least.

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  4/26/2021 - Paul Lin wrote: 80 Points

  This wine has an old world quality to it, for better or worse. Rustic notes of raw meat, beef jerky, asparagus, and green peppercorns. Plenty of tannins. Not much of a finish though.

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  11/21/2017 - STM82 wrote: 89 Points

  Just OK for me. The fruit had faded and the olive tapenade has become dominant. Not a bad thing, but I was looking for a bit more fruit and depth.

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  6/23/2017 - Dale M wrote: 92 Points

  Decanted 2 hr. My third and final bottle, and what a pleasure all three of have been - and each one a very different experience to both. This one had the 'vanilla bean' thing going on - a phenomena I have a found in a few WA State Syrahs at the 7 to 10 years stage. More of a curiosity than a distraction, the second glass saw this fade as a lovley black rasberry and olive took hook hold - some really nice notes of sagebrush and such, and surprisingly structured at a decade in. I don't see improvement but should hold for another 5 years. Fun wine.

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  3/25/2017 - cobbpa wrote: 90 Points

  Was best after a few hours of bottle air. Olives, herbs, touch of dark fruit on the nose led to a medium weight palate showing everything from the nose plus a touch of bitter chocolate. Took a bit for fruit to show up but it's certainly there. Decent acid. 5ish hours after popping it started to clamp up, showing a touch of heat.

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