Enormously rich, with intense blackberry and cherry jam, currant, dark chocolate and bacon flavors, wrapped into firm tannins. The vineyard is in a warm, high elevation part of the county. Delicious now, and should acquire additional bottle interest over the next six years.——S.H.(4/1/2012)—— 93

Soft and decadently rich, this single-vineyard Syrah shows flavors of crushed blackberries, plums, mocha, anise, pepper and smoky cedar, finished with some heat from high alcohol. Drink now. ——S.H.(11/1/2009)—— 88