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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

The winemaker sourced Syrah and Petite Sirah from various parts of the state, then threw in a splash of Viognier. The result is a brisk, bright, fairly acidic red wine that’s lush in cherry, blackberry and chocolate flavors. With strong, dry tannins, this is a good wine that shows the fine art of blending.

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Marr Rhône-style Red Blend - 2003

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

A disappointment after the fine ’03. Was it the heat? There’s an overripe, rustic taste of cooked blackberry and cherry pie filling, and it finishes a little sweet. Still, it’s pretty good California Coastal Zin.

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Marr Zinfandel - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Fans of Petite Sirah will exult. This darkly brooding wine is heavy, tannic and fully dry, although at the cost of very high alcohol. The flavors, of extraordinarily ripe red and black cherries, currants, espresso, sweet leather and mushu plum sauce, finish with an unsweetened dark chocolate bitterness. It’s a wine that will evolve over a decade.

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Marr Petite Sirah - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

The wine is mostly from a place called Tehama Foothills, which is a Sierra Mountain region about which little is known, wine-wise. It has a drop of Viognier and 30% new oak. Ripeness was not a problem, with a sunburst of cherry jam flavors, and the wine is balanced, although rustic.

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Marr Syrah - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Very black in color with massive black currant flavors and very high alcohol. It’s certainly a brawny Zin, and it hardly needs the added Petite Sirah, which makes it even more muscular and youthfully aggressive. But it’s a good, sound wine that should age for decades.

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Marr Zinfandel - 2003

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

From a hot, inland part of Mendocino planted in 1930. It has a little Petite Sirah, and who knows what else. It’s a big, thick, wine that’s delicious and layered in berry, cherry and chocolate flavors. And it has that high-alcohol prickly heat you either love or hate. Distinctively and proudly Californian.

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Marr Zinfandel - 2003

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Made in a jammy, extracted style, with baked apple pie, cinnamon, anise and black pepper aromas. The tannins are pretty strong now, and so the wine is tough and aggressive. Best to let it sit for a year or two.

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Marr Syrah - 1999

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

The grapes came from 2,500 feet up on Mount Lassen, and there is indeed power and intensity to the blackberry and coffee flavors as well as a spicy, peppery finish. The wine is pretty tannic and should develop well over the next ten years.

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Marr Petite Sirah - 2002

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Easy and polished; a silky, delicately structured wine with ripe cherry and spice flavors that are offset by just-right acids and tannins. Likable for its instant appeal and the way the cherry flavors last on the finish.

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Marr Grenache - 2002

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

From the Sierra Foothills, a simple, likeable wine with pleasant berry-cherry flavors and a solid dose of toasty oak. It’s very tannic, so be warned, but it’s okay to drink now with rustic fare, such as pizza. A few tasters objected to its tart astringency.

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Marr Petite Sirah - 2001

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