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2008 Terre Rouge Syrah Ascent Sierra Foothills
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2008 Terre Rouge Syrah Ascent Sierra Foothills

Producer: Terre Rouge
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: California
Region: Other California
Appellation: Sierra Foothills

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90 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2011

(from the "best barrel lots" of syrah):  Bright red-ruby.  Dark raspberry, smoked meat, pepper and earth on the nose.  Lush on entry, then quite ripe in the middle, but with harmonious acidity giving energy and definition to the flavors of dark berries, musky earth, smoke and dried flowers.  Fat and seamless wine, the suavest of the current releases from this producer.  Finishes with ripe, chocolatey tannins and more red fruits than black.

90 Points | Wine Spectator

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