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2006 Wind Gap Syrah Sonoma Coast
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2006 Wind Gap Syrah Sonoma Coast

Producer: Wind Gap
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: California
Region: Sonoma
Appellation: Sonoma Coast

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93 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2009

($45) Inky purple. Seductive, intensely perfumed nose evokes blackcurrant, cherry pit, smoky peat and violet; smells like a cross of a northern Rhone wine and an Islay whisky. Impressively fresh raspberry and blackberry flavors are framed by zesty minerality and gentle tannins. Turns spicier on the finish, which is pure, focused and extremely long. No way that I'd have guessed this was from the New World.

88+ Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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