This has not been the most successful bottling for Foxen. It seems to want something the vineyard hasn't yet been able to provide. This 08 is a good wine, with rich berry, currant, sweet cocoa and cedar flavors, but it lacks the firm structure you want in a Syrah, and finishes sugary. One hundred percent new French oak is excessive for the underlying wine.
This has not been the most successful bottling for Foxen. It seems to want something the vineyard hasn't yet been able to provide. This 08 is a good wine, with rich berry, currant, sweet cocoa and cedar flavors, but it lacks the firm structure you want in a Syrah, and finishes sugary. One hundred percent new French oak is excessive for the underlying wine.
This has not been the most successful bottling for Foxen. It seems to want something the vineyard hasn't yet been able to provide. This 08 is a good wine, with rich berry, currant, sweet cocoa and cedar flavors, but it lacks the firm structure you want in a Syrah, and finishes sugary. One hundred percent new French oak is excessive for the underlying wine.
This has not been the most successful bottling for Foxen. It seems to want something the vineyard hasn't yet been able to provide. This 08 is a good wine, with rich berry, currant, sweet cocoa and cedar flavors, but it lacks the firm structure you want in a Syrah, and finishes sugary. One hundred percent new French oak is excessive for the underlying wine.