Sean Thackrey, Orion, 1994, Sonoma County, USA ($180)

Needs about 2 hours in a decanter. Started drinking this after about 1 hour of decanting, while yielded a wine with some pleasurably dusty tannins. Deep colour. Not an awful lot on the nose. The syrah in the wine came through on the palate as did the structured tannins. Let's face it, at 16 years of age with a cork one is always taking a punt on whether a wine is drinkable at all. This most certainly was. Got smoothly and smoother as time elapsed as the dustiness blew off. But in all phases an enjoyable wine.