2007 Colgin Cellars, IX Estate Syrah, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)
$245
95RP95JD95VM
Critic key
RP = Robert ParkerJD = Jeb DunnuckVM = Vinous Media
- Rating
- RP95/JD95/VM95
- Producer
- Colgin
- Vintage
- 2007
- Region
- California
- Appellation
- Napa Valley
- Country
- United States
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- ABV
- 15.8
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
RP95 "There are 475 cases of the 2007 IX Syrah Estate, which offers up flowery, roasted meat, balsamic, tar, and blackberry characteristics in a full-bodied format. The wine reveals sweet tannin, and layers of fruit, including a note of lavender that emerges as the wine sits in the glass. It should drink well for a decade." RP Dec 2009
JD95 "The 2007 Syrah is full-bodied and opulent, yet still holds onto a beautiful sense of purity and elegance. Smoked darker berries, ground pepper, truffly earth, and hints of iron all make an appearance in the bouquet, and this beauty has a stacked mid-palate as well as well as integrated tannins. It’s fully mature yet will evolve gracefully going forward." JD Feb 2023
VM95 "Saturated dark red-ruby. Aromas of blackberry, violet and licorice are accented by dried herbs and mocha. Savory, tactile and highly concentrated, offering outstanding precision to its complex flavors of dark raspberry, licorice, flint, smoke, beef brisket and black olive. Really remarkable retention of primary fruit for a ten-year-old California Syrah. At once salty and energetic, this beauty finishes with incredibly plush tannins and palate-staining length. (Drink between 2018-2032)" ST for VM Apr 2017
Robert Parker writes, "Colgin’s 2007s, which include their final vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Herb Lamb Vineyard, are all extraordinary, world-class wines. The change in winemakers from Mark Aubert to Allison Tauziet has gone very smoothly, and was made easier by the retention of the highly respected French wine consultant, Dr. Alain Raynaud, who told me that tasting Colgin’s 2007s gave him his greatest emotional high since he tasted the Chateau Pavie 2000! The 2008s will not be available until 2011, but it appears to be a very successful vintage for Colgin. The crop was tiny, and there were no frost issues, but several heat spikes did occur. Both Allison Tauziet and Alain Raynaud thought that the small berries provided powerful fruit intensity." Published: Dec 21, 2009
JD95 "The 2007 Syrah is full-bodied and opulent, yet still holds onto a beautiful sense of purity and elegance. Smoked darker berries, ground pepper, truffly earth, and hints of iron all make an appearance in the bouquet, and this beauty has a stacked mid-palate as well as well as integrated tannins. It’s fully mature yet will evolve gracefully going forward." JD Feb 2023
VM95 "Saturated dark red-ruby. Aromas of blackberry, violet and licorice are accented by dried herbs and mocha. Savory, tactile and highly concentrated, offering outstanding precision to its complex flavors of dark raspberry, licorice, flint, smoke, beef brisket and black olive. Really remarkable retention of primary fruit for a ten-year-old California Syrah. At once salty and energetic, this beauty finishes with incredibly plush tannins and palate-staining length. (Drink between 2018-2032)" ST for VM Apr 2017
Robert Parker writes, "Colgin’s 2007s, which include their final vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Herb Lamb Vineyard, are all extraordinary, world-class wines. The change in winemakers from Mark Aubert to Allison Tauziet has gone very smoothly, and was made easier by the retention of the highly respected French wine consultant, Dr. Alain Raynaud, who told me that tasting Colgin’s 2007s gave him his greatest emotional high since he tasted the Chateau Pavie 2000! The 2008s will not be available until 2011, but it appears to be a very successful vintage for Colgin. The crop was tiny, and there were no frost issues, but several heat spikes did occur. Both Allison Tauziet and Alain Raynaud thought that the small berries provided powerful fruit intensity." Published: Dec 21, 2009