Consilience Rodney Shull Vineyard Syrah, Santa Barbara County, USA

康瑟利恩斯羅德尼沙爾園西拉干紅葡萄酒

點擊次數：3059

The most complex and nuanced offering here is the 2003 Syrah Rodney Shull Vineyard. A dense blue/purple color is accompanied by extraordinary aromas of blackberry jam, flowers, licorice, incense, and smoky oak. A monster Syrah, it saturates the palate with fruit, glycerin, extract, wood, and alcohol. This thick, juicy, All-American red can be drunk now and over the next 8-10 years. (Price not yet determined)Tel. (805) 691-1020

Perplexing wine, with promising hints of smoke, chocolate, plums and blackberries, but also a distressing lack of depth and texture. ——W.E.(9/1/2005)—— 82

This tremendous wine is from Fess Parker’s estate vineyard in the northeastern Santa Ynez Valley. It is very ripe in black cherry and blackberry fruit. Yet its smoked meat and white pepper notes give it a distinct Rhonish quality. It’s a big, flamboyant wine, but the soft sweetness of the tannins makes it drinkable now. ——S.H.(9/1/2004)—— 92