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Reviews for the 2003 Clos Mimi Westerly Vineyard:
"Clocking in at 16.5% alcohol and seeing a full 42 months in 100% new Seguin Moreau Tronçais 205-liter barrels, the 2003 Clos Mimi Syrah Westerly Vineyard is a meaty, exotic syrah that’s filled with blackberry liqueur, raw meat, melted licorice, graphite and pepper aromas. These lead into a full bodied wine that has a rich, decadent texture, impressive balance and a blockbuster, chocolate laced finish. Along the same lines of the 2004 Shell Creek Syrah and I wouldn’t bet against this lasting for a long, long time. (94 pts.)" Jeb Dunnuck "Bright ruby. Wild dark berry and cherry liqueur aromas are complicated by licorice, cracked pepper and a peaty, Islay Scotch-like qualities, along with a suggestion of volatile acidity. Sweet raspberry and blackberry on the palate, with numbing white pepper and camphor building on the sweetly oaky finish. Really stains the palate, finishing with sweet red berry liqueur and clove character and lingering warmth. This highly individual, deeply flavored and exotic wine ought to divide the room nicely. (89 points)" Josh Raynolds "There are only 105 cases of the 2003 Syrah Westerly Vineyard, which was bottled in late June of this year. Still primary and intense, this wine has a dense ruby/purple color, and blackberry, raspberry, licorice, a hint of spring flowers, and perhaps even a touch of truffle in the complex but still somewhat tightly wound aromatics. Its full-bodied, powerful flavors are pure, rich, broad, and expansive. The wine is intense, has sweet tannin, plenty of power, and should age nicely for a decade or more. The wine was actually better 24 hours after I first opened it, so decanting and aeration are highly suggested. (93 points)" Robert M. Parker, Jr. "The finest of this trio, at least at this stage of development, is the 2003 Syrah Westerly Vineyard. Macerated for 51 days, and aged in 100% new french oak, it gracefully carries its 16.2% alcohol because of its brilliant concentration, blackberry liqueur aspects, big, sweet, roasted Syrah-like nose, massive body, and remarkable elegance as well as overall harmony." (92-94 points) Robert M. Parker, Jr.
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