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A wild and wooly Syrah from the Russian River Valley, big bold and delicious this wine brings a lot to the table and will be offering up a fruit forward muscular intense flavor profile for a few years to come. It has aging potential, but is so tasty now it will be hard to not [...]

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With fewer native French inhabitants imbibing upon the local products there is a chance we might see some wines arrive on our shores that may have never graced the parched wine promiscuous lips of the American consumer, especially those wild and wicked stumptown pioneers with an extra sawbuck plus change flapping around in their pocket. [...]

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This Syrah has all the personality Andrew Murray’s wines have always had when I was introduced to the winery back in 1997. I had left the Chumash Casino’s generous Blackjack tables (a.k.a. my office in those days) and instead of heading to Santa Maria to pick up Pamalicious where she was taking flight lessons to [...]

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The 2004 Castello Banfi Sant’Antimo Colvecchio Syrah is dark brick in color; aromas of black currant and clove with flavors of blackberry, plum and spice. It’s a full-bodied wine with nice tannins and structure with a long, dry, fruit forward finish. Overall, a beautifully well-structured big red that delivers a spectrum of unique flavors from [...]

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Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone is a classic, almost textbook French Syrah from the Rhone Valley. This Cotes du Rhone is 100% Syrah; great flavors and classic structure make this wine appealing from the start. Pleasant on the tongue feeling lush and deep the flavors are solid fruit expression with no annoyances. Finish fills out [...]

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This is a rich and intense Syrah from the Kick Ranch Vineyards in Sonoma’s Rincon Valley near the western side of the northern flank of Spring Mountain, which separates Sonoma and Napa Counties. Historical documents show this location producing grapes in the 1870s later to be abandoned during prohibition and used as a Clydesdale horse [...]

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