2007 Cowan Cellars Syrah Dry Stack Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91 points

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  12/30/2012 - mdaniel wrote: 92 Points

  Pop & Pour: Very dark in color, in fact the bottom of the cork was almost jet black. Similar note as from two years ago, but the wine has integrated really well and is a complete pleasure to drink. This will pair wonderfully with most red meats.

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  7/1/2010 - salil wrote:

  Like the '08, very light on its feet and fresh with a bright red fruited core, touches of plum and high-toned peppery notes. Both this and the '08 Syrah reminded me of really good Loire Cabernet Franc with their high-toned flavours, lightness and a sense that these would be tremendous wines to follow over a few hours with food.

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  2/28/2010 - mdaniel wrote: 91 Points

  Very nice first effort from Jim. At Jim's suggestion, we had this with dinner which was shepherds pie. The color is a dark ruby and the nose has nice raspberry, plum, dark cherry and black pepper. The palate is more red fruit with tart plum as Richard described in an earlier note along with slight pepper. This wine is crisp and the acid is nicely balanced. This deserved a roast instead of shepherds pie, but the wine still went wonderfully with it. It was an honor to try this first effort and we have one bottle left to check in on in a few years. I'll definitely be a buyer in the future. Thanks to Jim for sharing these two bottles with us.

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  7/30/2009 - 5laton wrote:

  Quite nice considering it had been open a day. Very fresh, with sweet juicy medium red fruits and hints of savory and herbal notes on the nose, as well as a paint or ink note. Not profound, but delicious and definitely something Otto would call very moreish. I'd love to drink this again. 13.9%

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