TN: 2003 Novy Family Wines Syrah Sonoma County (USA, California, Sonoma County)

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  • 2003 Novy Family Wines Syrah Sonoma County - USA, California, Sonoma County (8/21/2009)
    This weekend, we are doing Syrah-focused tastings in Los Olivos/Santa Ynez/Lampoc, so I thought this would be a nice non-AVA benchmark…

This started as an 88, deep/notably Syrah-ish and nicely balanced, but not the 90+ it became as air hit it; I thought it evolved nicely. The majority of the previous attributes on CT are quite consistent (the positive ones…heh… [wink.gif] ), altho’ mi esposa thought the finish was short…eh… [scratch.gif]

For $19 way back when, what a treat! (90 pts.)

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Stu, thank you for the note. I believe this bottling was the first thing I ever drank from Novy, and moreso, is likely the bottling that lit my fire for syrah. A piece of my own personal wine history. I also think there was some of this on Wine Bid recently.