Decided to try one after some bottle age. It has integrated more since my first tasting several years ago. This is an elegant mouthful of focused dark fruit with nice acidity and peppery finish. No funk or barnyard here. Not sure how much better it will get, will hold the last one for a while.
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The oak is sticking out a bit at this early stage, with the roasted coffee notes dominating the fruit entirely, at least aromatically. The blackberry fruit-center needed a lot of time and coaxing to finally wake up and compete with the tarry acidity which ultimately enveloped it nicely.
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3/2/2014 - juneau bob wrote: 89 Points
Inky, dry and chewy with nose of dark roast coffee. This is a meaty style syrah.
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11/9/2013 - WAWINEFAN wrote: 90 Points
Cork was suspect, but wine is fine. Still very big and some air time will do it nicely. Big fruit and a nice finish
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7/13/2012 - jeffuncorked wrote: 91 Points
Decided to try one after some bottle age. It has integrated more since my first tasting several years ago. This is an elegant mouthful of focused dark fruit with nice acidity and peppery finish. No funk or barnyard here. Not sure how much better it will get, will hold the last one for a while.
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2/12/2010 - IamNotDrinkingAny#@!%Merlot wrote: 92 Points
Awesome.
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9/9/2009 - AdamWallstein wrote: 89 Points
The oak is sticking out a bit at this early stage, with the roasted coffee notes dominating the fruit entirely, at least aromatically. The blackberry fruit-center needed a lot of time and coaxing to finally wake up and compete with the tarry acidity which ultimately enveloped it nicely.
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