The Winery: Killer Red
The Wine: 2004 Syrah
The Price: $12.99
Killer Red Wines is a Columbia Valley winery. This winery is following the trend that has become so pervasive in the industry - using a catchy name and an interesting bottle to market their wine. In this instance, the label has a red hour-glass image meant to evoke the image of a woman's body. In this instance, that is all that really will sell this wine, as this is a wholly unremarkable wine. What's on the outside of the bottle is far more impressive than the contents. The wine has a pepper flavor followed by an underwhelming fruit flavor. Do yourself a favor and leave this one on the shelf. Or buy it on close-out when the price drops to the $5-7 range that it belongs in.
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Okay, not testing anymore. I seem to have managed to figure out how to post a comment. Now that I know how to do it, though, I don't have anything insightful to say. Might you review a Sokol Blosser vintage one of these days?
An adoring fan,
Harriet
Look for a new Sokol Blosser review this week. I will likely be cracking a bottle of the Sokol Blosser Reisling Dessert wine this week.
it's 2010, and this wine is actually really good. Got in a case at Costco. Would buy again. Very drinkable.
Thanks for your review of the Killer Red 2004 Syrah. I bought a case from Costco for about $80 with a $20 rebate. The wine is truly awful and obviously has not improved since your review. It is not worth $3./bottle now. I think that it is going bad and somebody needed to unload it.
Nice nose - peppery, leatherey and volatile. Take a sip and spit it out quickly. Very bitter and watery with a hint of acetone.
That sounds horrid! Costco has a very liberal return policy. I'd bring it back if I were you.
If ya'll think this wine isn't a great value, you're crazy. It's a "real" wine full with rich tannins, ripe fruit, great structure, and genuine complexity...
these posters must be used to fake wines with soft, sweet fruit and no substance. Stick to Yellowtail & Barefoot Cellars!
Anyone can mix concentrated grape juice, glycerin, and powdered tannin together and call it wine.
I had an '04 Killer Red and it was excellent, could've aged another 5 years. For less than $15, it's a steal.
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