2021 Henry's Seven SGV
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Full screwcapped bottle just 1,286 g. Shiraz, Grenache, Mataro. Named for Henry Evans who planted the first vineyard of seven acres at Keyneton in 1853. Twentieth-anniversary bottling, Transparent crimson. Very young and simple when tasted immediately after their 2018 single-vineyard reds! Sweet and gentle but not (yet?) very interesting. Polished tannins. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
James Suckling
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Aromas of black fruit and green tobacco with bark and wet-earth undertones, following through to a medium to full body, creamy tannins and a juicy, savory finish. Intense and balanced. A blend of 78% shiraz, 11% grenache, 9% mataro and 2% viognier. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
The 2021 Henry's Seven has a purity to the expression of blackberry fruit in the mouth—it is vibrant and luminescent and succulent. There are notes of tobacco leaf, raspberry leaf tea, bramble, aniseed and a crack of pink peppercorns. The fruit doesn't persist as I hoped it would through the finish, but the flavors are so lovely it hardly matters.
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Syrah / Shiraz, Mourvedre/Monastrell/Mataro, Grenache/ Garnacha , Cinsault
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