Ash, game, smoke and licorice all add complexity to a core of huge, dark fruit. With time in the glass, rose petals and crushed rocks add finesse to the rich, palate-staining finish
Sappy and dense, with insinuating intensity to the flavors of dark berries, chocolate, smoke and spicecake.
The 2011 Syrah, which was only 100 cases in this tough vintage, was harvested from mid-October to November 2. It displays loads of bacon fat, black cherry and black currant fruit and a touch of black olive tapenade in an exotic, evolved...