Tasting Notes

WE94

This bottling is the winery's most expensive wine, and usually its best. Production of the '08 was unusually low, resulting in amazing concentration. It's basically a detonation of cherries, raspberries, currants, cola and mocha. New oak is present, in the form of delicate toast and wood spice, but is balanced. So silky and delicious now, you can drink it, but the tannic balance suggests the cellar. Will evolve over the next 12 years, maybe longer. Cellar Selection.

WA93

A gorgeous bottle of wine, the 2008 Syrah Bien Nacido X Block 30th Anniversary was made with 100% whole cluster and aged roughly 20 months in 60% new French oak. Deep and layered, with meaty, masculine aromas and flavors of blackberry, coffee bean, smoked meats and olive tapenade, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, big tannin and integrated acidity. Give it 2-3 years and enjoy through 2026. Drink 2015-2026. Rating: 93+

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