Syrahs at Webster’s Fine Stationers, Saturday, May 21

The good news – it looks like we’ll be at Webster’s Fine Stationers on a monthly basis, starting today.

For those of you who were there today, please let us know what you thought in the comments below. And here are our tasting notes.

Please keep in mind, this isn’t a test and you’re not checking your answers against ours. The idea here is to calibrate your impressions with ours so that when we write this tasted like peach and you thought it tasted like cherries, then you’ll know that when we write peach you’ll probably taste cherries.

These are all made with the syrah grape and are dry reds.

Smoking Loon 2007 California Syrah

Deep red color with a red cherry fruit nose.
Lightweight mouthfeel
Dry tannins with some tartness from the acids.
An easy drinking wine that would be good with food.
Alcohol: 13.5 percent

Penfolds Koonunga Hill 2006 Shiraz/Cabernet

Made with: Syrah(Aussies call it shiraz) and Cabernet Sauvignon

From Australia. A nose similar to black licorice. Medium mouthfeel with some fullness and softness.
Good acids and some drying tannins. Some tartness.
Alcohol: 13.5 percent

Bearboat Russian River Valley 2007 Syrah

Dark color. Nose has herbaeous character – think mint, asparagus and grass.
Medium mouthfeel. Good acids. Decent tannins.  Some tartness and slight sour cherry note in taste. It really, really needs some time to open up and some food to be a good glass of wine.
Alcohol: 14.3 percent
Rosenblum Cellars 2007 California Syrah Vinters Cuvee

Bright red fruit in the nose – cherry and raspberry. Balanced to slightly tart flavors. Richer mouthfeel. Some residual sweetness like a Zinfandel. Good finish.
Ok for foods and as a sipper.
Alcohol: 14.8 percent
All of these wines are available at Webster’s Fine Wines and Liquor (part of the Webster’s complex of businesses), 2450 Lake Avenue, Altadena, CA 91001-2442, phone #(626) 797-1163.
Our next Webster’s Tasting will be June 18 and we’ll be pouring Cabernets for Dad.

Please tell us what you think.

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