2007 Betz Family Syrah La Côte Rousse

Community Tasting Notes (44) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  5/29/2023 - tomandlu wrote:

  No detailed notes. Recall a nicely mature, balanced, syrah with a lovely nose and smooth palate. I also recall appreciating that it had, to my palate, a classic North American syrah profile of ripe fruit accompanied by good acidity and ripe tannins with enough of secondary development to make having stored it since release worthwhile.

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  11/10/2022 - RJWallis Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Two hour decant. Elegant, silky, great syrah fruit.

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  10/10/2020 - osagher wrote: 88 Points

  Purple ink in color, dried fruit on the nose, notes of blackberry and black currant. Well balanced acidity, not overly fruity, muted earthiness.

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  4/29/2020 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 91 Points

  Heavy sediment. Black currant and blackberry fruit. Not particularly complex- lacking in some of the savory flavors we enjoy in a syrah. Fully integrated at this point with some fine tannins on the finish. Drink up.

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  11/23/2019 - Magnolian Likes this wine: 91 Points

  A bit of an enigma at the moment. Decanted for 90+ minutes but it was still closed up, with strong dark fruit flavors that bordered on bitterness, not particularly enjoyable. Took a full 3 hours to open up to something approachable—not what I expected from a WA Syrah 12 years past harvest. Flavors evolved over this time to include pepper, smoke, a bit of game, intriguingly complex but not really harmonious. Maybe I’m underestimating this? Give it a good long decant for now.

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