Took this to sahre at Laura's Pig+Fig NewYrsEve Dinner Sunday:
1. Qupe Syrah BienNacidoVnyd/SantaMariaVlly (14.0%) Robert N.Lindquist/SantaMaria 2007: Dark color w/ some bricking; lovely strong pencilly/cedary rather Rhonish/smokey slight blackberry/BN black cherry/Syrah quite complex classic mature Qupe nose w/ no signs of oxidation; lightly tart/tangy rather cedary/pencilly/old Qupe bit Rhonish/smokey/roasted little Syrah fruit rather tannic/astringent/dried-out some complex flavor w/ ample drying/astringent tannins; long very cedary/pencilly that mimics flavor w/ ample drying tannins; really lovely classic mature Qupe Syrah complex nose but pretty dried out on the palate; only a downhill plunge from here. $25.00/magnum
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More lizrdgrik from the BloodyPulpit:
1. When Bob was moving his library from the butcher house next to BobSenn's, he gave us an offer on magnums that we could not refuse. I still have the '05/'06 version of this wine in mags. Probably need to drink them up but it's tough to find a venue to use a magnum.
Tom