2021 Syrah Eddie’s Patch
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The 2021 Syrah Eddie's Patch is fabulous. Dark, expansive and super-expressive, the 2021 offers up an exotic mélange of black fruit, chocolate, spice, licorice and espresso. The 30% stems are buried by the luxurious intensity of the fruit. All of this fruit is from Hoppe-Kelly, a small vineyard on Limerick Lane. This turned out beautifully.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2021 Syrah Eddie's Patch is searingly tannin and raw today. Game, black pepper, dried herbs and dark fruit gradually emerge from the glass, but today the 2021 is austere and hard to fully read. Even so, there's a lot of potential. It will be interesting to see how this shows from bottle.
Saturated purple with a ruby tinge, the 2021 Syrah Eddie's Patch is lifted with cracked black pepper, fresh violets, blackberry, and a hint of wet asphalt. This full-bodied red has ripe, fleshy, mouth-coating fruit, with black raspberry preserve, ripe tannins, and a velvety texture. It’s long on the palate and has a rounded feel, with an underlying structure and earthy notes of tea leaves. Drink 2025-2040.
The 2021 Syrah Eddie's Patch was vinified with about 30% whole bunches and matured in about 25% new 300- and 500-liter barrels. Deep ruby in color, it has classic aromas of blackcurrant and blackberry, mint chocolate, juniper, grilled meats and graphite. The full-bodied palate is concentrated yet light on its feet with its energetic acidity and rounded tannins, and all that freshness draws out its floral perfume on the long finish. I love this elegant style that offers generosity with restrained ripeness.