2003 Melville Syrah Santa Rita Hills

[TheEngineer]

This one may have been a bad bottle cuz everyone at the store who tried it took a double take at the bottle ..

Started off with a nice perfumed, redfruit nose and a very heavy oak. On tasting, the nice red fruit gave way quickly to the heavy oak and finished bitter and hot.

[oostexan]

Just tried one of these while on vacation in the mountains and thought it was corked. Not a fulfilling experience.

Very hot, very oaky, very little fruit and tasted astringent.

[TheEngineer]

Maybe it's their "house style" [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

Thanks for your notes. Always great to compare with/learn from someone elses notes at this stage of my learnings!