Anybody tried the 2005 Fusee Syrah from Don Sebastiani? I saw it today
in a close-out bin for $6 (which seems to be about the usual retail
price for it anyway). Sebastiani occasionally makes drinkable budget
wines, but this one is new to me.

JJ

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> Anybody tried the 2005 Fusee Syrah from Don Sebastiani? I saw it today
> in a close-out bin for $6 (which seems to be about the usual retail
> price for it anyway). Sebastiani occasionally makes drinkable budget
> wines, but this one is new to me.

As respectfully as I can, I'll ask: Why not just buy it and try it out? I
mean, for $6, what's the worst that can happen?

Curt

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:46:19 -0700, Curt Wohlgemuth
> wrote:

wrote:
>
>> Anybody tried the 2005 Fusee Syrah from Don Sebastiani? I saw it today
>> in a close-out bin for $6 (which seems to be about the usual retail
>> price for it anyway). Sebastiani occasionally makes drinkable budget
>> wines, but this one is new to me.
>
>As respectfully as I can, I'll ask: Why not just buy it and try it out? I
>mean, for $6, what's the worst that can happen?

A bad hangover?

Seriously, they had the better part of a case sitting in a basket. I
figured if anyone had tried it and thought it was decent (I know -- at
$6 it could suck and you could still cook with it), it might be worth
getting the whole lot.

JJ

Okay, I bought a bottle. It's a perfectly drinkable Cal syrah, nothing
that will blow your doors off, but certainly not plonky. Rather floral
on the nose, with some blueberry backbone and a hint of smoke. A good
vin ordinaire or something you'd take to casual party.

And for six bucks? I'd better go back and get the rest of it before
someone else figures out what a good deal it is.

JJ