Similar notes as 2014 tasting. Rich fruit in the nose and flavor, black cherries, black raspberries, plums, chocolate, and hints of coffee and spice. Elegant wine, nicely balanced, and a medium to long finish. Still drinking well.
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AN ELEGANT WINE WITH RICH FRUIT. CHERRIES, BLACK CHERRIES, AND A TOUCH OF RASPBERRIES, TOBACCO AND SPICE IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. LONG FINISH AND NICE COMPLEXITY.
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All of the sludge that you'd expect from a 12 year old Syrah bottled at 16.3%. It still needed about 45 minutes to open up and reveal intense red fruit and meat. There was no syrup like some of their other syrahs I've had, but it did seem a bit jammy. I imagine many more years of age-ability.
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consumed at the atlanta blue nose group syrah tasting in march 2007. most tasters thought the wine was rather young and restrained. fruit was there but did not show itself in an exuberant way. i'd like to try it again in a couple of years but it was my only bottle. i asked to be removed from martinelli's mailing list a few years back as i got tired of being force fed a lot of overpriced mediocre wine just to get a bottle or two of the jackass zins or the syrah.
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1/21/2024 - monzell wrote:
Rich, not ponderous. Velvety, seamless. Pure pleasure.
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9/25/2018 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Similar notes as 2014 tasting. Rich fruit in the nose and flavor, black cherries, black raspberries, plums, chocolate, and hints of coffee and spice. Elegant wine, nicely balanced, and a medium to long finish. Still drinking well.
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10/19/2014 - buckeye76 wrote: 96 Points
AN ELEGANT WINE WITH RICH FRUIT. CHERRIES, BLACK CHERRIES, AND A TOUCH OF RASPBERRIES, TOBACCO AND SPICE IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. LONG FINISH AND NICE COMPLEXITY.
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4/12/2012 - Drankthewholebottle wrote:
All of the sludge that you'd expect from a 12 year old Syrah bottled at 16.3%. It still needed about 45 minutes to open up and reveal intense red fruit and meat. There was no syrup like some of their other syrahs I've had, but it did seem a bit jammy. I imagine many more years of age-ability.
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4/27/2007 - IAMVLAD wrote: 88 Points
consumed at the atlanta blue nose group syrah tasting in march 2007. most tasters thought the wine was rather young and restrained. fruit was there but did not show itself in an exuberant way. i'd like to try it again in a couple of years but it was my only bottle. i asked to be removed from martinelli's mailing list a few years back as i got tired of being force fed a lot of overpriced mediocre wine just to get a bottle or two of the jackass zins or the syrah.
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