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Betz family Winery 2005 Syrah La Côte Rousse

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2005

Avg. Rating: 92.0/100 (1 Review)
Winery: Betz Family Winery
Vintage: 2005
Varietal: Syrah
Country: United States
Region: Washington: Red Mountain
Retail Price: $$$$ 50.00 USD
Created by: tarheel17
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We built on the success of the 2004 vintage by increasing the amount of Ciel du Cheval Vineyard Syrah (40% of total) that we incorporate into this Red Mountain blend. It adds power and structure to the lush and silken Syrah we get from Scott Williams’ Vineyard (60%). Blended together our lots from the two vineyards made for Washington’s top scoring Syrah from the 2004 vintage (Wine Spectator, Steve Tanzer's International Wine Cellar). The 2005 vintage is a wine of great fruit intensity. Blackberry, blueberry and sweet cherry are the foundation while roasted meat, smoke and spice add to the overall complexity. It’s ultra lush and rich, but still retains its Red Mountain structure: dense and sinewy. This wine has the stuffing for long term aging. If you choose to open it now please decant and watch it develop; as with La Serenne it, too, is the longest lived of the Côte Rousse Syrahs we’ve made. - Winery

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Betz family Winery 2005 Syrah La Côte Rousse
(10 months ago) buddy icon zaarbeveragehost 92.0/100
This Red Mountain syrah is sinisterly dark in the glass, its blackberry and black cherry scents are tinged with fragrant orange zest. It is immediately enormous and yet….elegant. Reminiscent of how Queen Latifah was able to bottle her wonderfully bold personality into subtle elegance in Mad Money; the fruit counterweights the minerals and you are left with a soft black cherry finish. The wine may not talk anyone off a ledge, and may take some mad money to obtain, but it will entice conversation and after partaking you will soon forget that you splurged. Go ahead… your worth it!

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