WTN: Bacon!

[David M. Bueker]

2011 Arnot-Roberts Syrah Clary Ranch - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (10/5/2015)
It has been 2 years since my last time with this wine. In 2013 it was all cracked black pepper. In 2015 it has gone smoky and faatty, so yes, bacon! Further on in the mid-palate the dark fruit and black pepper reappear and carry through to the finish. It remains a high acid Syrah, so those looking for richness should seek elsewhere. That being said it is classic Syrah with energizing brightness that works very well with food.

Bacon!

I love bacon in a wine!

From my paltry one experience with the 2011 Clary Ranch, it also had plenty of pungent acidic and herbal components! (As opposed to the silky and supple take that bacon notes sometimes present in syrah) I found it a very difficult wine to like last year. Although I guess it may have gone through many stages and be showing differently now.

I love bacon outside of wine too!

[David M. Bueker]

From my paltry one experience with the 2011 Clary Ranch, it also had plenty of pungent acidic and herbal components! (As opposed to the silky and supple take that bacon notes sometimes present in syrah) I found it a very difficult wine to like last year. Although I guess it may have gone through many stages and be showing differently now.

It still has plenty of acid, though I did not find herbal elements to be dominant at all. In fact I did not even notice them!

Oooh, don't let the folks at UC Davis know about this! After all, bacon = brett = bad.

-Paul W.

From my paltry one experience with the 2011 Clary Ranch, it also had plenty of pungent acidic and herbal components! (As opposed to the silky and supple take that bacon notes sometimes present in syrah) I found it a very difficult wine to like last year. Although I guess it may have gone through many stages and be showing differently now.

It still has plenty of acid, though I did not find herbal elements to be dominant at all. In fact I did not even notice them!

You found them two years ago http://www.cellartracker.com/note.asp?iWine=1571497&iNote=3789482, and then - perhaps at the power of your suggestion - in my bottle last year they were so strong that I found it difficult. Admittedly it wasn't the vegetal flavors one gets in cabernet wines, but whatever you want to call it, there was a strong sour tart pungency that I found difficult.

[David M. Bueker]

The wine has changed. 2 years ago I found the black pepper to dominate the wine. Last night it was only present from the mid-palate, and not the dominant factor.

[David M. Bueker]

The wine was a little more expansive last night. Acidity tamped down a bit. Still nothing herbal, and I was searching for it. Bacon still there!