We tried ystrday @ Pig+Fig:
1. Jaffurs Syrah MelvilleVnyd/SantaBarbaraCnty (14.7%) SantaMaria 2000: Very dark color w/ some browning; quite smokey/toasty/oak strong black pepper/c-c some blackberry/Syrah/boysenberry some Rhonish/smokey/roasted rather complex slightly tired nose; quite tart/metallic some c-c/black pepper strong toasty/smokey/oak rather tired/dried out light blackberry/Syrah flavor w/ some tired/drying tannins; very long rather tired/dried-out slight blackberry/Syrah bit c-c/black pepper finish w/ tired tannins; still speaks of c-c/Melville Syrah but pretty tired on the palate.
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2. Jaffurs Syrah ThompsonVnyd/SantaBarbaraCnty (14.9%) SantaMaria 2000: Very dark color w/ some browning; some tired/musty/decaying leaf pile some classic Thompson/peppery slight blackberry/Syrah some interesting nose; tart rather tired/dried out some musty slight Thompson/peppery/blackberry some smokey/oak flavor w/ light metallic/drying tannins; speak a bit of Thompson Syrah but pretty much dead & gone.
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More zizzlefuss from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. We were tasting the new TablasCreek releases ystrday & DaveYates/Jaffurs was in the neighborhood & wanted to attend, so I pulled two old Jaffurs Syrahs. I didn't expect a whole lot from them & they definitely delivered on those expectations.
Tom