WBW #47: Brought to You By the Letter “S” featuring Syrah from l’Aventure
l'Aventure, Paso Robles, Syrah, WBW, Wine Blogging Wednesday
Quick tasting note for Wine Blogging Wednesday #47, hosted by Grape Juice, a Canadian wine blog extraordinaire. We tasted the 2004 l’Aventure Estate Syrah from Paso Robles at a dinner party on Saturday night, so the “S” in this case comes from the grape variety.
Sorry we couldn’t get a whole lot more creative than that and also encompass the producer, region, or fantasy wine name. If we weren’t being all economical and whatnot, perhaps we would have cracked open a Super-Tuscan from Sassicaia. Oh well, next time this theme comes around, perhaps we won’t be in penny-pinching mode (brought to us by the economic downturn not to be referred to as a recession).
In any case, back to the wine…the 2004 l’Aventure Syrah was a bit of a disappointment. Too big, too bold, too everything. But mostly, it smelled and tasted of Dimetapp which was a big flaw for us, though we’re pretty sure there was nothing “off” about the bottle. Just too grapey and medicinal for us. We couldn’t get past it. Apparently Dimetapp is now some sort of controlled substance, though our parents didn’t have an issue plying us with it when we had the sniffles in the 1970s and 80s. Ah, those were the days…
There’s a silver lining, though. Considering we used to guzzle Dimetapp proper when we were more regular viewers of Sesame Street, the originator of the “brought to you by the letter…” theme, we think this is the perfect wine for this particular Wine Blogging Wednesday. Even if we plan to never drink it again.
Cheers!
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July 20th, 2008 at 10:24 am
[…] had a rather medicinal experience with the 2004 l’Aventure Estate Syrah from Paso Robles, bringing back horrible childhood memories of grape flavoured Dimetapp that was […]
July 20th, 2008 at 11:14 am
The mine may have sucked, but your sore throat is gone! LOL
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:10 am
Cough syrup is one of my blind tasting markers for Central Coast / Paso Syrah. Actually, I find a little bit of it in a lot of inexpensive CA Syrah. I all it Robitussin. I think it’s just the alcohol and the reduced fruit??