2020 Kinsman Eades Syrah Aberro Bien Nacido Block Z, USA, California, Santa Maria Valley, Wine Review

A very nice Syrah from Santa Maria in southern California. Purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose has black raspberries, black pepper, slight roasted meats, and slight violets. Full bodied. Medium tannins. On the palate, this has bold fruit. Flavors of black raspberries with some black pepper and char. Great texture. Long finish. This is drinking well now if still youthful. Drink over the next ten to fifteen years. It's great on its own and will work nicely with Roasted vegetable.

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2020

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$128.00USD

America’s Best Rhone Style Red Wines: 11th Annual Rhone Rangers Tasting Reviewed

The Rhone Report: About Rhone and Rhone-Style Wines and Winemakers is part of an ongoing series. Last month we discussed the white Rhone style wines offered at the 2008 Rhone Rangers tasting event at Fort Mason in San Francisco on March 18. This month we turn to the reds, of which we tasted 50. Among those we tasted were some old favorites and some wineries or bottlings with which we were not yet familiar. We don’t pretend that we tasted a representative group of wines, because our sample was skewed to wines we have loved in the past and others about which we have heard positive comments.

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Top Ten California Syrahs - 2016

I tend to taste and drink a lot of wine over the course of a year. I am in a few tasting groups, sometimes the wines are consumed at various local wine store tastings and a number drunk with friends and family.

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2008 Hospice du Rhone Events: Highs & Lows of American Rhone-style Wines Tasted

The Rhone Report: About Rhone and Rhone-Style Wines and Winemakers is part of an ongoing series. The 16th annual Hospice du Rhone events in Paso Robles, California from May 1 to 3, 2008 was an opportunity to consider Rhone-style wines from a fresh perspective. Unlike most tasting opportunities, these events included Rhone-style wines from the Rhone Valley itself (51 wineries), elsewhere in France (4 wineries) as well as from Spain (4 wineries), Australia (17 wineries), South Africa (6 wineries), Chile (2 wineries), Argentina (1 winery) and the United States. The American wines were mostly from California (144 wineries), but a few examples from Arizona (2 wineries) and Washington State (5 wineries) were also included. While this is a California-dominated event, and while many of the Rhone Valley’s best producers aren’t represented, there is still sufficient European and other entries to make for interesting comparisons and contrasts. The events included two general tastings and a series of focused seminars.

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2010 Jaffurs Syrah Bien Nacido Vineyard, USA, California, Santa Maria Valley, Wine Review

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2010

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This wine has taken a long time to come around but it is now in a great drinking window. Purple in color. The nose has black raspberries, roasted meats, leather, slight floral notes and black pepper. On the palate, this is complex with juicy acidity. Black raspberries, charcoal, black pepper and slight roasted meats. Great texture. Long finish. Very food friendly especially spicy foods. It is close to peak and should stay here for 5 to 8 years or more.

2012 Qupé Syrah Bien Nacido Hillside Estate, USA, California, Sta. Maria Valley, Wine Review

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2012

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A-

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$25.00USD

From Magnum. Garnet/purple in color, mostly opaque and bright. The nose has black raspberries, dust, some black cherries and spice. medium bodied. Light tannins. Good acidity. On the palate, nice black raspberry fruit. Good finish. Drinking well right now. Drink over the next five years. Nice on its own, this will work well with roasted or grilled meats and/or veggies.

2020 Kinsman Eades Syrah Aberro Bien Nacido Block Z, USA, California, Santa Maria Valley, Wine Review

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