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2008 Booker Vineyard The Alchemist Paso Robles
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2008 Booker Vineyard The Alchemist Paso Robles

Producer: Booker Vineyard
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: California
Region: Central Coast

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93(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2010

($51; 65% syrah, 10% each of cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot and tempranillo, with 5% grenache) Opaque purple. Brooding aromas of cassis, boysenberry, woodsmoke and minerals. Bright but broad on the palate, offering rich, sweet dark berry and cherry compote flavors and notes of smoky herbs and candied flowers. Possesses excellent depth and finishes with serious, chewy tannins and excellent length. This will be a very interesting wine with a few more years of bottle age.

95 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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