2018 Syrah The Great Places Ruben Solorzano
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Medium ruby-purple, the 2018 Syrah Rueben Solorzano offers red and blackcurrant fruit with nuances of tangerine peel, charcuterie, earth and dried flowers with spicy accents. The medium-bodied palate is rounded and super fresh with loads of spicy layers and mineral accents on the long finish.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2018 Syrah Great Places Ruben Solorzano emerges from a block that was developed using wood from one of the most famous sites in Côte Rotie. It presents a distinctly aromatic profile to go along with intense aromatics and a real sense of delicacy that distinguishes it in the range. The 2018 is just gorgeous.
Some darker, meaty notes, plums, blueberries, crushed violets, and background meatiness are revealed in the 2018 Great Places Ruben Solorzano, with more spice and floral notes emerging with time in the glass. Better on the palate, the wine is rounded, medium to full-bodied, seamless, and pure. The tannins are better managed here, and it has good freshness as well as some creamy oak. A ripe sexy, beautiful wine, it’s already delicious yet should evolve well.