Since Mat & Aimie had to bow out of our dinner tomorrow, I went ahead and cracked:
1. Garretson Syrah RozetVnyd/PasoRobles The Luascain (13.8%) 2000: Very dark/black color; slightly reduced/stinky/pungent rather pungent/licorice/boysenberry/blackberry/Syrah some toasty/charred/oak bit Oz-like/ripe nose; soft some tannic/astringent boysenberry/blackberry/Syrah/ripe/very licorice some toasty/charred/Fr.oak some tarry/pungent fairly rich/strong flavor; med.short pungent/tarry/licorice some boysenberry/Syrah finish w/ some tannins; lots of licorice/pungent character and some charred/oak; not showing much evolution yet; none of that Paso/jammy/very ripe character; an interesting/unusual Paso Syrah. $23.00
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A wee BP:
1. The wine was closed w/ the plastic Supremcorq. It was fierce to get out of the btl and nearly impossible to back off my waiter's corkscrew; almost too much for an EpeeGuy to deal with.
Despite the slightly reduced character in the nose; I liked this wine quite a lot. With the pungent/licorice/tarry character, it was an unusual rendition of Paso Syrah.
Tom