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91
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91/100
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Taster #8604
· Mar 29, 2021
83/100
Peppercorns and game over a core of plum fruit. This is a more savory and earthy Syrah. Perfect for some, but I like to see more fruit in mine.
2006 vintage
Taster #4809
· Apr 27, 2019
91/100
Very much still alive, and great. Nose focuses on dark blue & black fruits & melted licorice, with dried florals & a little herb included. Palate is well-balanced & shifts toward those dried elements & pepper. Hint of creamy vanilla in the midpalate transitions to a nice finish, still showing lively acid. Still could go a few years but I really enjoyed this today. Edit/add: 3 days later after pumping under vacu vin...showing even better. More woodsy spice on the …
2006 vintage
Taster #6134
· Apr 27, 2019
89/100
The nose is open, but fading a bit with tones of black cherries, black raspberries, black currant jam, licorice, liqueur notes, anisette, vanilla extract, and some creamy tones. This was on the bigger and riper side in its youth and it still wears that style, but it has pulled back and isn’t as expressive. The Full bodied feel is robust, but showing some thinning on the mid-palate along with medium acidity and resolved, medium tannins. This feels like it’s on …
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Taster #4120
· May 8, 2016
88/100
full bodied, but tired berries and prunes on palate. still tannic, but not optimistic for future
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Taster #8604
· Dec 4, 2015
84/100
An earthy, cool climate Syrah. Notes of blackberries, tar, campfire, and graphite. Not really my style.
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Taster #2309
· May 25, 2015
Still holding up fairly well.
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Taster #0096
· Apr 30, 2015
92/100
Popped and poured, consumed over 4 hours. Nose: Very expressiveness showing smoked black berries, tar, and violets. Palate: Medium-full bodied, sweet dark fruit attack with black pepper, great mid-palate persistence, flavors build in intensity thru the back-end where a nice spice driven characteristic just adds more lift. Finish: Follows the explosive palate experience with a lengthy finish - 60+ seconds - dominated by spicy lightly smoked dark fruit. Seems to be drinking at it's peak right now.
2006 vintage
Taster #4459
· Apr 28, 2013
Quick TN. Last bottle. Popped and poured. Is this Shane or Alban Reva? Reductive notes jumped out the glass - fresh tar/burnt rubber. On the palate it is still a young, tannic, dark fruited beast. Even after an hour in the glass it had barley budged. Made a nice foil for giant grilled bone-in rib-eyes. If had more I'd let them sleep.
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Taster #0074
· Mar 3, 2013
91/100
Day 1 was similar to last bottle. Day 2, however, was a 180 degree effort. Refined and integrated, this is drinking young and need aging or air time to shine.
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Taster #0074
· Sep 30, 2012
90/100
Good solid wine, but the pepper (black or white?) is not my style.
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Taster #2093
· Aug 17, 2012
94/100
Wow! it had been 4 years since I opened my other bottle of this. I thought it good back then but noted it could use some time to settle down. Did it ever. Popped and poured and had with pepper steak. This wine was extremely good. Full bodied, prominent dark fruit with excellent balance, and a silky smooth (as smooth as I can remember in a wine) mouth-feel. At the finish, a kick of some black pepper to kick it …
2006 vintage
Taster #0096
· Jul 26, 2012
91/100
Popped 1 hour before first pour, consumed over 3 hours. Nose: Medium plus expressiveness, grape Jolly Rancher, black berry, earth, brush, black olive, and spice. Palate: Medium full bodied showing big power up front with sweet dark fruit joined by a lively black pepper and a spice kick through the mid-palate with hints of dark chocolate in the back-end. Finish: Medium plus length dominated by spicy dark fruit and black pepper.
2006 vintage
Taster #6733
· Feb 12, 2012
Decanted 1 hour. Palate of dark fruits that while not overly ripe is extremely extracted. Briny black olives dominate with some chalky tannins still evident. Nice bigger wine That showed fairly well and is ready to drink.
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Taster #7062
· Mar 8, 2011
serious VA. unpalatable. BLECH.
2006 vintage
Taster #9228
· Aug 9, 2010
93/100
Shane wine dinner, June 2010 (Lavanda Restaurant, Palo Alto) : In contrast to the darker, blacker Unknown and Jemrose of this vintage, Valenti shows a brighter, more red fruit profile, still in its youth with substantial medium tannins, this is beautiful wine with a lot of interest and complexity.
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Taster #3390
· May 10, 2010
92/100
Popped and poured. Medium-plus deep violet hue, quite youthful. Forward, complex aromas of dark fruits, clay, Kalamata olives, crushed black peppercorns, a hint of smoke and dried herbs. Medium-plus body. Crushed blackberries, smoked peppercorns, herb coated salumi, and an underlying sense of minerals and earth on the palate...all-in-all, a great combination of expressive, pure fruit and intriguing complexity. Tannins have evolved and are now a bit more round and chewy but they work in perfect harmony with the fruit, and …
2006 vintage
Taster #0070
· May 3, 2010
91/100
I had just finished off a glass of Clio, the remnants of the night before, and wanted another glass of wine to close out the weekend. Looked in the bins and saw this on the shelf and figured it was a good choice to have over 2-3 days. I've had a few other Shane wines and to this point have not been all that impressed. This changed my mind. This is what I was hoping for and finally got. I …
2006 vintage
Taster #5084
· Sep 2, 2009
Wow this took a long time to open up, but once it did it was a fantastic wine. A ton of black pepper on the nose, to go along with really dark fruits and earth. Full bodied wine yet not overbearing whatsoever. A very spicy finish with excellent structure to last a long time. Shane is a fantastic winemaker.
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Taster #2546
· Aug 22, 2009
93/100
Lunch with Shane Finley, Shane Syrahs and Spell Pinots (Restaurant Eloise, Sebastopol, California) : Opaque, very dark purple red color with cherry meniscus; nice, green peppercorn, black fruit, Cote Roti-ish nose; tart black fruit, green peppercorn palate, tight yet; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.
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Taster #8536
· Aug 22, 2009
93/100
This is ridiculously good right now. No formal note, but really, really enjoyed the bottle.
2006 vintage
Taster #0236
· Mar 30, 2009
92/100
Opened and enjoyed over two nights. Even better on night #2. Nose is tar, black fruits and hints of chocolate. Dense dark fruits and licorice flavors with depth and persistance. There is a streak of chocolate again, or maybe that is just wishful thinking. Chewy tannins and enough acidity that give the dark fruits some energy. A nod more toward the new world than the northern rhone. My clear favorite of the Shane lineup and unfortunaly the only bottle I …
2006 vintage
Taster #7128
· Mar 26, 2009
87/100
black pepper still dominates this nose, has some blackberry also. mouth with more black pepper, blackberry, full bodied with a nice feel. touch of etoh on the finish.
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Taster #9645
· Mar 19, 2009
93/100
Quick impression: Great CA syrah. Big blueberry amd blackberry flavor gives way to a delicious savory, peppery, ground whole spice quality. But it bounces all over your tongue all the while. Concentrated and deep yet complex and layered. Terrific. 93+ pts.
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Taster #3390
· Mar 15, 2009
Popped and poured, fragrant bouquet upon pulling the cork (noticeable even with a cold). Dark, impenetrable hue. Prominent aromas of blackberry liqueur, fresh raspberries, a hint of anise, ground pepper and other spices. Medium-plus to full bodied. On the palate, this wine presents itself as a modern interpretation of a Northern Rhone from a ripe year, with tiers of black fruits complimented by ground spices, subtle herbs, and just a touch of melted chocolate and black licorice. Wonderful purity of …
2006 vintage
Taster #2089
· Feb 8, 2009
93/100
Smoky nose. Deep dark black fruit.Juicy and concentrated. Tasted at al all Rhone tasting and it was clearly the biggest and most concentrated wine despite only having 14% alcohol. I think a few years will really help this wine.
2006 vintage