From an apparently "care-free vintage" as Jaffurs put it in a recent interview, this Syrah was absolutely gorgeous and yes, huge. This is their general appellation bottle, and it positively throttled us with its lovely blueberry cream/cobbler scents and palate, but yet it has the tell-tale savory sweetness of Syrah and the white pepper after-scents you might expect from a good northern Rhone. Between this and the CdePape (reviewed below), have to give this wine the nod for the match with the leg of lamb we enjoyed Xmas Eve.And frankly, for $24 (thanks Marc!), this was an absolute steal. It was punching well above its weight class.
95/100
Bottom line: A great, reasonably-priced California Syrah. If you can find it, you're nuts not to buy it.
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