(Re-Tasted February 2013) ... For a 6 year old Syrah from a fairly unimpressive
vintage here in Ontario the wine seems to have held up pretty well - if
you let it get out of its funk. The first smell might turn you off -
but bear with it for a minute or two and it will start to reveal itself:
smoky, leathery, licorice, cigar box, sour cherry and raw bacon all
made an appearance during my hour and a half long tasting of this wine.
The palate also needed a little time to come around and when it did it
also rewarded patience: smoky, meaty, anise seed, freeze-dried raspberry
and white pepper ... currently there's a smoothness with the right
amount of acidity. Not sure how long this bottle will last, I would not
give it anymore than two years if you have a bottle or two in your
cellar, as it is already cresting the hill of age; but for the time
being, given it's age and the vintage this find truly is a treasure.
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