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2014 MTR Productions Syrah Memory Found
3/23/2024 - wine247365 wrote:
Recently purchased via FP who received them directly from Matt R. Uncorked it 3 hours before drinking. Great aromas that are hard for me to place, but very appealing. On the palate, it comes across with a medium to lighter body, lower tannic structure, touch of savory and dark fruite, and plenty of acid, but not overdone. Based on the acid, color, cherry flavor suggestion, I think it preseents as majority Grenache, so I find it amazing it’s labeled a Syrah. Guessing minimal extraction efforts in making this. I’m not very familiar with No. Rhône’s but I’m guessing this aligns with that style or a “cool climate “Syrah”. There is a small amount of the Rocks feel across the mid-palate and smell. These easily thrive to 2030, if not 2034 as RPERRO noted. An interesting wine and nicely atypical to the many WA Syrahs I’ve tasted. Good to see Matt experimenting with a “new” way to make WA Syrah! Ok QPR at the FP Redacted $40 price.
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2011 Finca Villacreces Ribera del Duero Nebro
2/16/2024 - wine247365 wrote: 91 Points
Cork quality was off the charts and looked like it could've supported this bottle's evolution for decades. Zero seepage. Drank without food. Bought at winery in 2018 and stored optimally since then.
PnP...magnetic medium strength nose of dark fruits with a hint of oak. On the palate, for the first two hours it seemed tight and very structured and only finally loosened a bit after 2 hours. It had medium acidity and body and the flavor had some black cherry peek out towards the end. The fruit spectrum was a bit quiet.
Certainly, decant for 2 hours and maybe four hours. I think this can last another 10 years, but I only had that one bottle so won't be able to experiment. With the shortage of fruit flavors, I'm not sure if extra time will make those appear though, so that's a risk. Today, it was a more of a masculine, intellectual wine versus one that's more joyful and tasty to drink. Clearly a well made mine! Scoring a 91, which is in the middle of Excellent.
Just looked at other CT tasting notes and it seems I should've waited until year 20 to open this, but even then maybe no guarantees I would've enjoyed it more.
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2019 Tablas Creek Dianthus
2/16/2024 - wine247365 wrote: 85 Points
This is a unique one. Not sure if they intend to make it in the style of Tavel, a rose that I have limited experience with anyway. I say Tavel due to the similar darker color. I can't quite pin down any distinct aromas other than slight suggestions of dusty chalk and very faint strawberry. On the palate, if blinded I'd say this is a white wine due to the fuller, roundish, body with some strawberry. Certainly not a dry wine as there's a suggestion of sweetness, perhaps hidden a touch with the stated 14.1 ABV. At this stage there isn't any tannic dryness either, but not sure if this style ever intended for that. If you want a Provencal Rose certainly look elsewhere as that's clearly not TC's intent. This drinks well for what it isn't and can last a few more years. Giving it an 85 which is the top of the Good rating range.
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