Black Sheep Finds, Holus Bolus Franc Pied Syrah, Santa Maria Valley
Black Sheep Finds · California › Santa Maria Valley › United States of America
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Reviews
Taster #3905
· Sep 12, 2025
Holy savory Batman! The sum total of olive tapenade and roasted meat in this wine would collapse a buffet table! Somewhere under all that is some dark fruit and a whole lot of tannin, but overall this is umami central. I love it!
2021 vintage
Taster #5262
· Jan 1, 2025
Thought this may have been ever so subtly corked, so will withhold scoring. Olive, violet, raspberry, medium to full bodied, concentrated in dark fruit and garrigue, moderate tannins, good finish showing meaty character. In any case, several years age is warranted for integration and tannins to resolve, should make it easily to age 10+.
2021 vintage
Taster #6024
· May 7, 2024
OK this was interesting to me. I recently had the 2022 which knocked my socks off and IMHO is drinking great now. This showed the same qualities but was more restrained. And I recently had the 2021 Dragonette from the same vineyard which also showed potential but seemed to need a few more years to show its stuff. So I’m going to infer that it is a vintage phenomenon, ie 2022 warmer end of season and showing better now, 2021 …
2021 vintage