Wine Review - 2006 Gordon Brothers Columbia Valley Syrah: This Is On The Cusp Of Too Expensive For Us....But WOW!
So, we picked this little number up from our local NSLC store on the clearance table. It was on sale for $27 down from $37 and we decided to pick it up. It looks as though the wine retails for about $20 in the US and we were interested to give it a try. Gordon Brothers in Washington makes a variety of wines from Ice Wines to big reds like this one. For a description of the wine from the winery's website click here . In essence, this wine at full retail is too rich for our blood at $37 but with $10 off it was right in our wheelhouse. That said, if you call shenanigans on us for choosing this wine, we get it. We stilled paid under $30 for it sooooo, we say we win. Though once you hear what we have to say, you might want to splurge. This wine is super dark with a LOT of purple going on in the glass. It is thick, dense, and viscous. You can tell the bottle aging has added some density but we would bet that this was a syrupy w...