1998 Alban Vineyards Syrah Seymour's Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 96.2 points

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  1/4/2021 - NickNYC Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Bottle tasted along side a Guigal Mouline 1992 and paired with a squab. Nose is typical syrah, with cherry, pepper, bacon. It is very deep and opulent. It also smells sweeter than the Mouline. The palate is super long, smooth, intricate, polished tanins and fresh. Again, there is a bit of sweetness which helped our table to guess that it was new world. The wine is in the zone and should stay there for a while.
  
  The Mouline was more elegant, but the Seymour was more sexy.

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  1/25/2020 - bablues wrote: 97 Points

  The last of my 1998's (So sad). The nose on this was a bit more funky than the last two. My reaction after going in for a strong sniff was like a punch in the face. No off-putting, just intense. The palate was much more refined with black fruits and layered flavors of tobacco, meats, and peppe. The drinking window says that this is near the end, but I would say it has a few more years.

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  12/17/2016 - bablues wrote: 98 Points

  6th Annual Christmas dinner and cellar raid (Naperville, IL): Part of Christmas Dinner and Cellar Raid, didn't take detailed notes. This is getting to be a tradition. This blew me away last year and hasn't changed at all. One of my favorite wines.

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  12/5/2015 - bablues wrote: 98 Points

  Annual Christmas Wine Dinner and Cellar Raid (Naperville, IL): Didn't take detailed notes. Part of Christmas wine dinner and cellar raid. Besides the SQN, this could have been the most talked about wine of the night. For me, it was my #2. For some, it was over the top (oil). At 17 years old this is drinking perfectly and no reason at all to wait. I will seek out this vintage though not sure if I will be successful. Simply magic

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  2/22/2015 - Nanda wrote: 96 Points

  This is aging gracefully and one data point that ripe, concentrated youthful Alban can blossom to show more finesse and nuance. Gorgeous lifted aromatics are complex and precise with big but elegant black fruit, asphalt, black pepper and spice notes. Palate is full-to-medium bodied. The flavors are spice and herb driven with black fruit in the background as context. Great balance and energy. Long lifted finish. Blind this would be mistaken for a northern Rhone.

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