The impressive 2001 Syrah La Cote Rousse bursts from the glass with wax-laden dark, spicy berries. Medium to full-bodied, it is a concentrated, intense, well-endowed wine of impressive size, depth, balance, and length. Its flavor profile is a huge mass of sweet, spicy black fruit that lingers on the palate for 30 seconds or more, exhibiting notes of grilled oak before fading away. If this wine were more detailed and nuanced it would be a blockbuster. Projected maturity: now-2010. Tel. (425) 415-1751 www.betzfamilywinery.com