Winery - Muscardini
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A little sweet and rustic, with baked pie-filling flavors of cherries, raspberries, Asian spice and toast. Okay with easy fare, like chicken, ham, burgers.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
An awkward wine, high in acidity and sugary sweet in candied cherry and raspberry flavors that veer into Port. Tasty, but rustic. Ready now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Feels lush and extravagant in the mouth, a full-bodied wine with smooth tannins housing powerhouse black cherry, bacon, black pepper and oaky sandalwood flavors. Give it a bit more structural integrity, and the score would soar.
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Muscardini Syrah - 2008
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Fruity and easy to drink, but not a good representation of this famous mountain vineyard, at this price. The wine is sweet and simple in candied raspberries, blackberries, licorice and milk chocolate. Maybe it was released too early. Try cellaring for a couple years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah had no problem achieving ripeness. It explodes in blackberry, cherry, chocolate, licorice, teriaki beef, black pepper and sandalwood flavors that go on and on. The structure is a little too soft and weak to support all this weight, though. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Unti is a well-known vineyard in central Dry Creek that’s the source of well-regarded Syrah, and here, the winemaker justifies the fruit. The wine is dry, rich and complex in berry flavors, with interesting leather, soy, cocoa and cola layers, and an enormously spicy tang. It might age for five years, but is best soon for its vibrancy.
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Muscardini Syrah - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Grown in the famous Monte Rosso Vineyard, this rosé has the complex interest of a red wine, but it’s a blush and is properly light-bodied and silky. It’s dry and crisp, and shows bitter cherryskin, white tobacco and spice flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A blend of Sangiovese, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, this pricey red wine is super-fruity and pretty direct. It offers lots of blackberries, cherries, currants, mocha and spices, wrapped into sturdy tannins, and is bone dry.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A good, somewhat common wine that displays lots of rich fruit, but also the fundamental weaknesses that Sangiovese displays in California. The wine is dry and medium-bodied, with cherry, black raspberry, coffee and leather flavors. But it’s a bit sharp in acidity and rugged in the mouth.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Somewhat sharp and angular in the mouth, but other than that, a pretty good glass of Syrah. It’s dry and ripe in blackberry and cherry compote, mocha-choca, bacon and pepper flavors, leading to a long, spicy finish, and the tannins are pure and wonderful.
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Muscardini Syrah - 2007
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