2013 Epoch Ingenuity
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The GSM blend from the estate is the 2013 Ingenuity Proprietary Red, which in 2013 is 54% Syrah, 21% Mourvedre, 16% Grenache and the balance Petite Sirah. It saw a touch of whole clusters in the fermentation and like the other 2013s here, spent 17 months in roughly 50% new French oak. This downright sexy, full-bodied and sweetly fruited beauty offers tons of black raspberry, plums, incense and peppery aromas and flavors, gorgeous tannin quality and a long, classy finish that keeps you coming back to the glass.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Josh Raynolds
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Bright purple. Intense blackberry and candied licorice aromas show excellent clarity and pick up a smoky nuance with air. Sweet and focused, showing strong mineral lift to the densely packed, appealingly sweet black and blue fruit and violet pastille flavors. Becomes more lively and spicy with air, picking up a suave star anise note that carries emphatically through a very long, youthfully tannic finish. While I've no doubt that this sexy wine will reward patience, it has a lot going on already.
54% Syrah, 21% Mourvèdre, 16% Grenache, 9% Petite Sirah. Cocoa and coffee spun through black fruit. Lots of up-front, drying tannin right now. The fruit is less apparent right now. The wine wants time in bottle – showing promise of a lot of interest when ready for release. Still about three years away from release. (ECB)