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Baby Tui Syrah 2012

Quite stubborn after pop n pour. Black olive, ink and coffee grounds. Check tomorrow whether balance is restored. — 3 months ago

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David Koenen

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How was that balance the day after J?
Jeroen Koenen

Jeroen Koenen

Dunno.
Work in progress.
Jeroen Koenen

Jeroen Koenen

After 3 days, black fruit emerged, and balance was restored. Up a notch.

Sami-Odi

DW-Old Barossa Valley Syrah 2013

Nothing to add to my previous note of May 11, 2019 nearly 3 years ago. I must admit I don’t see a lot of savoury development with time in cellar. They are delicious when you first open them and 3 years later, much the same with that solid core of old vine fruit and silky tannins still dominating proceedings. — 2 years ago

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Bryan Kesting

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I really enjoy the Sami Odi wines
Bob McDonald

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@Bryan Kesting Me too. Have been buying annually for a long time now.

Gallo

Moscato

Very light! Sweet but not too sweet. Didn’t blow me away, but I like it bc it doesn’t overpower. Cheap like $5. Peach/honey/citrus — 3 years ago

Sami-Odi

Little Wine #9 Syrah

Another Aussie Syrah. This one completely different to the brooding depth of a Penfolds. Fresh and fruity with blackberry jam and a saline finish. Little bit of menthol and pepper rounds this off. Lovely wine but slightly overpriced — 3 months ago

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What did you pay?
Andrew McIntyre

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100 Euro (110 USD)

Bodegas Peñalba López

Torremilanos Ojo Gallo Tempranillo 2020

“Ojo Gallo’, Castellano for ‘rooster eye’ (in other words, what the French call ‘oeil de perdrix’), hearkens back to the traditional clarete style of the region. This dark rosé (light red?) is a field blend of very old vines of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Bobal, Monastrell, Viura, Albillo and Malvasia co-fermented in cement and raised for 8 months in used barrels before bottling without added sulfur” — 2 years ago

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Sami-Odi

Hoffman Dallwitz Little Wine #8 Syrah

Amazingly plush fruited, blackcurrent, raspberry, violet, widely spread on the palette, licorice, a bit of sarsaparilla, spice, ripe pillowy tannin with great length. Great freshness given the spread of vintages in this. — 3 years ago

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Sami-Odi

"Little Wine" #6 Syrah

Bob nailed it 👌 — 3 years ago

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Gallo Family Vineyards

Signature Series Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2017

So good! Very juicy for a Pinot. From Costco — 8 months ago

Susan Griffith

Susan Griffith

Actually all the corks were bad won’t buy again

Sami-Odi

XIV Syrah 2014

Dense purple/black in the glass - opaque. Not giving much on the nose initially following decanting. Needed vigorous swirling. Barossa plum, prune and earth. Very full bodied on the palate. Quite concentrated. A very big wine in comparison to many other Sami-Odi Cuvées I’ve had over the years. HH said It needs ages (“drinking window of 2018 to 2041 - over extracted?)” I tend to think the difficult vintage conditions in 2014 as explained by Fraser is the reason. Harvest was a full 2 months later than normal - harvesting the 2nd shooting of the vines during the first 2 weeks of April. Yielding only 274 dozen. This wine has a long cellaring future. An element of tannic astringency which is more a result of the size of the wine. This is the first of 3 bottles I purchased in 2016. It will be many years before I have the next one. — 9 months ago

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Bob McDonald

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@Shay A I bought Little Wine #5 at the same time in 2016. It wasn’t near the size of this wine and have all been consumed.
Bryan Kesting

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Great note. I will hang on to mine for a while. Do you have an opinion on the 2012 Baby Tui? I have one of those left.
Bob McDonald

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@Bryan Kesting Hello Bryan, I have 1 Baby Tui left from the excellent 2012 vintage. I think it is a fantastic wine. I know sometime Delectable correspondent Bill Bender is a big fan. I was keeping it for a few more years to see how it tastes at say 14 or 15 years of age.

Sami-Odi

Hoffmann Dallwitz Syrah

Such a baby I’ll see you in 6 years — 3 years ago

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Great pulls.