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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Despite reductive scents of rubber tire at first sniff, the aromas quickly open up and the wine shows round, raspberry and cherry fruit, ripe and clean. There is just a hint of light chocolate in the finish (50% new oak was used), with a tart underpinning but persistent fruit flavor throughout.
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Seia Syrah - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sourced from one of the mainstay vineyards in Washington’s new Wahluke Slope AVA, this Syrah is fragrant with berry, citrus and mint. It explodes on the tongue with tart, snappy raspberry and boysenberry fruit; clean and bracing and as fresh as a summer day. Sappy and sharp, bright and powerful; it’s supple and bracing.
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Seia Syrah - 2004
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Opening with scents of mushroom compost and moist earth, this continues into a rather thin, sharp midpalate. The fruit is not-quite-ripe wild berry, and the earthy characteristics continue to dominate. It tastes more like a Yakima Valley Syrah than a Wahluke Slope Syrah, and finishes with a burst of mild heat.
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Seia Syrah - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sharp and astringent, this mutes its fruit with flavors of leaf, stem, and pencil lead. The finish is abbreviated and reductive, with a hard rubber scent and flavor.
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Seia Syrah - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A fine follow-up to Seia’s inaugural 2004 Clifton Hill, this again delivers ripe, concentrated flavors of plum and berry, lifted with citrus and finishing with a hint of mint. Despite the high (15.3%) alcohol, it is clean and bracing, with natural acids and very little heat in the finish. As young as it is, it hits a bit of a dead spot in the back, but it has the stuffing (and the pedigree) that would suggest that with a few years of cellaring it will open out and show more of the herb and smoked meat character that is lurking just below the surface.
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Seia Syrah - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is very soft upon entry, with remnants of penetrating spicy and herbal flavors that might have punched up the intensity if they hadn’t been somehow smoothed over. It’s difficult to assess, because many of the right pieces are all here, but somehow they have not jelled. The wine tastes acidic and sharp, with pineapple and citrus dominating, and a chalky, tannic finish. Perhaps it’s just a matter of time?
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Seia Syrah - 2005
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