Deep Sea Santa Barbara County Syrah 2008
Trolling through the wine cellar, I uncovered several bottles of this Deep Sea Santa Barbara County Syrah. Records show I purchased 16 bottles of this label and have consumed ten, so there should still be a few at hand, buried in the cellar somewhere - perils/joys of having an extensive collection.
At nine years old, its probably at the prime of its drinking window and likely won't improve further with ageing so its time to drink up. We had a bottle with bbq at home the other night, then took a bottle to Daughter Erin and Johnnie's for Memorial Day bbq rib dinner - an ideal pairing.
My tasting notes indicate we last had this label on the 4th of July for holiday bbq dinner, just like this tasting.
As posted earlier, I chronicled my discovery of this wine and what I learned about this producer and label in an earlier blog posts.
Consistent with earlier notes ....
Dark inky purple, full bodied, thick, concentrated, chewy black and blue berry fruits with a layer of alcohol, tones of caramel and vanilla, turning to hints of black pepper and mint on a moderate tannin laced lingering finish.
RM 90 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=1201424
http://www.deepseawines.com/
Earlier blogposts:
http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2015/07/deep-sea-white-hawk-vineyard-santa.html
http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2014/02/deep-sea-white-hawk-vineyard-santa.html
At nine years old, its probably at the prime of its drinking window and likely won't improve further with ageing so its time to drink up. We had a bottle with bbq at home the other night, then took a bottle to Daughter Erin and Johnnie's for Memorial Day bbq rib dinner - an ideal pairing.
My tasting notes indicate we last had this label on the 4th of July for holiday bbq dinner, just like this tasting.
As posted earlier, I chronicled my discovery of this wine and what I learned about this producer and label in an earlier blog posts.
Consistent with earlier notes ....
Dark inky purple, full bodied, thick, concentrated, chewy black and blue berry fruits with a layer of alcohol, tones of caramel and vanilla, turning to hints of black pepper and mint on a moderate tannin laced lingering finish.
RM 90 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=1201424
http://www.deepseawines.com/
Earlier blogposts:
http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2015/07/deep-sea-white-hawk-vineyard-santa.html
http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2014/02/deep-sea-white-hawk-vineyard-santa.html