Palmeri Syrah Van Ness Vineyard

Palmeri

Other · Syrah
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88 /100
Reviews
25
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Vintages

1
2004 Other 88/100
Red Blend, Syrah
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88.2
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Taster #8215 · Apr 20, 2014
90/100
This was very nice. A smooth Cab underneath with a little peppery bite from the shiraz.
2004 vintage
Taster #0163 · Jan 25, 2013
88/100
Dark garnet color. Strawberry jam, red plums, hints of cocoa, and a bit of spice. Smooth, nice tannins, spice on the finish. A little hot, but not obnoxious. Enjoyable.
2004 vintage
Taster #3743 · Jul 20, 2012
84/100
Nice wine but needs time to open. It does not have the aroma I thought it would have.
2004 vintage
Taster #2359 · Jul 8, 2012
89/100
Fruit forward dark cherry with smoked oak and soft tannins on finish. Very enjoyable on a breezy day on the lake.
2004 vintage
Taster #0008 · Apr 2, 2012
87/100
Dark purple with a ruby rim. Huge nose of cherry cough syrup, menthol, dark fruit and oak (not a fan of the nose). Lush mouthfeel with a bit of tannin on the finish. This is all fruit... gobs of it. Dark, jammy, fruit with a finish of more fruit, slightly tart. Bit of spice from the syrah. Lots and lots of oak too. Medium finish.
2004 vintage
Taster #6366 · Jan 31, 2012
90/100
No formal notes but really liked this.
2004 vintage
Taster #8770 · Jan 24, 2012
88/100
Nice wine, but doesn't contain any kind of wow factor.
2004 vintage
Taster #5168 · Aug 29, 2011
88/100
Still drinking young, wow, lots of life left
2004 vintage
Taster #4359 · Aug 13, 2011
89/100
The first bottle I drank is nothing like this bottle. This bottle is actually very good. The first bottle I drank was similar to what jonradus described, this bottle is similar to everyone else's reviews.
2004 vintage
Taster #9889 · Aug 5, 2011
88/100
Very big fruit and oak on this one and the combo is tasty. Fruit jam and bitter chocolate flavors, and it finishes soft but the oak is too much on the finish, and I'd like a bit more acidity.
2004 vintage
Taster #9131 · Aug 5, 2011
Similar to last bottle, maybe slightly less impressed. At the sale price, hard to complain.
2004 vintage
Taster #8073 · Jul 31, 2011
90/100
Aromas of blueberry and blackberry. Full bodied mouthfeel with a little zing of acidity. A jammy wine but not over the top. I also get a smoked meat kinda thing. Chalky tannins with some black pepper spice on the finish.
2004 vintage
Taster #0089 · Jul 6, 2011
81/100
Blech... fruity flabby undrinkable
2004 vintage
Taster #4650 · Jun 12, 2011
84/100
dark purple. nice nose of dark berries and some interesting earth. too much oak for me, it seemed to be covering something. the tannins were nice, but wow, this wine ended very flat. maybe the fact that we had a enjoyed an insanely good Pinot Noir prior, but this wine had no acidity. SWMBO liked it but her preference is for "buttery wine". My opinion: This wine is geared for the fruit-forward, smooth, easy-drinking, new-oak-loving crowd. No disrespect, but not …
2004 vintage
Taster #6764 · Jun 11, 2011
90/100
Popped and poured. Needed more time in the air to cool down tannins. Revisited a half hour later was much smoother with strong berry flavors. Deep red in the glass.
2004 vintage
Taster #9274 · Jun 9, 2011
91/100
On the first night, this was very good. On the second, we went out and didn't touch the bottle. On the 3rd, it was magnificent (and gone). A clear core of dark fruit surrounded by leather, wood, spice. Yum!
2004 vintage
Taster #8141 · May 31, 2011
88/100
Dark color. Nose had some alcohol, oak, and the cassis of the cab. Opened up a bit after a 30 minute decant. The alcohol mellowed out and the palate had a bit of earth as the syrah showed but was mostly the dark fruit of cab and oak. Long, long finish though.
2004 vintage
Taster #2437 · Apr 2, 2011
89/100
Opemed and aerated; my wife described it as "velvety chocolate"; initial taste of blackberry, cocoa, then some vanilla, maybe oak, and a little pepper, short-med finish, smooth, drinking nicely, good everyday wine
2004 vintage
Taster #9131 · Mar 13, 2011
90/100
Dark purple in color. Crazy dark. Black fruit and oak on the nose. Black cherry, blackberry and plum on the palate with additional notes of oak and spicy vanilla. Nice drink - especially at the state monopoly store price of $15.
2004 vintage
Taster #0076 · Mar 11, 2011
88/100
Easy drinking with dinner / group.
2004 vintage
Taster #2407 · Mar 5, 2011
88/100
Solid purple. Boysenberry, spice and leather nose. Medium bodied, blackberries, pepper, tobacco, drying tannins, and a medium length finish. Smooth and tasty.
2004 vintage
Taster #8815 · Mar 3, 2011
Decant one hour-Dark ripe fruit, maybe some licorice, tar, or some other kinda weird flavor. One dimensional and lacking structure, mostly dark fruit but not much else.
2004 vintage
Taster #3336 · Feb 28, 2011
90/100
Drank at monthly neighbors dinner Really nice wine, closed on opening but really benefited from a bit of air: Deep & dark Color. Nose and taste of dark berries and cured beef. Generous mouth feel with hefty tannins on the finish
2004 vintage
Taster #8073 · Feb 21, 2011
90/100
A very dark wine. Deep aromas and flavors of dark berries and beef jerky. Full bodied mouthfeel. Really opens up after some air. Dry finish and tannic finish.
2004 vintage
Taster #4758 · Feb 18, 2011
85/100
This wine smells like sweaty, leathery, bloody, deer hide mixed with cherry...think dirty, bloody Vieux Telegraph. The taste is sour cherry and vanilla with blood. The finish is filled with bloody tannins and there is a prevalent amount of heat on the end. This is just worth $20, but nor more.
2004 vintage
Taster #6868 · Jan 16, 2011
90/100
Very nice and ready
2004 vintage
Taster #1938 · Sep 10, 2009
89/100
OOhh this was sooo good! Think I need to get back up to Northern Cal and purchase some more. Very nicely balanced but a bit pricey at the $50.00 price point. If you can find this on sale drink it now although it may be hard to find.
2004 vintage