Havens Hudson Vyd Syrah (Carneros) 1999

Deep, saturated purple/red.

Musky, toasted nut, gamey/meaty nose.

Intense middle-weight in the mouth. Very nice breadth in the mouth, with solid acid/tannin spine that eliminates any sense of fat without killing flavor intensity. This is quite interesting - does this simply need time, or is it, at 7.5 years, as good as it will get? Fortunately, I have a few more bottles. We'll see.

Undoubtedly Old World in style.

Day 3- Now doing the breakfast sausage/bacon thing. This has a great core of flavor, and serious structure to boot. This may improve with 5-7 more years.


$35