La Sirena, Syrah, Santa Ynez Valley

Nearly black with crimson highlights. Violets, spice, and black cherry nose. Full bodied, fresh blueberries, herbs, pepper, dirty blackberries, dusty, well integrated tannins, bbq smoke, good acid, and a long finish. I wouldn't believe this was 18 years old if I didn't look at the bottle.

Cork Vault September Bottle Share -- 85/86 Dunn, 86 LLC, 96/99 Drouhin, & More! (Charlotte, NC) : Pop-n-pour late in the evening. Opulent nose of dark fruits and leather. Purity of fruit -- blackberry and black raspberry -- on the palate was enjoyable though lacking complexity. Could have used a few hours of air to open and gain complexity. A quality wine simply consumed too soon.

Really, really good. 17 years old and this bottle shined. Intense dark fruit and dark chocolate. A little vanilla and oak. Just sublime.

Purple in color. 15.5% ABV. Amazing nose of black fruits, leather and spearmint. Medium body with mouth watering acidity. Plush and mouth coating with well aged fruits. Black cherry, blackberry, game and coffee on the palate. Exceptional length on the finish. Delicious Syrah that is showing well at sixteen years of age. What a treat. Best over the next year of so.

Tasted in double-blind fashion, this opaque crimson wine offers intense aromas and flavors of ripe bramble fruits, blueberries, espresso and Asian spices. Full-bodied, vibrant and with medium sweet tannins, it is impressively dense in the middle and throws no heat from its 15.5% alcohol. Concluding long and smooth, this wine (from a well-cellared bottle) has aged very gracefully. Those holding comparably-cellared bottles will be pleasantly surprised. Drink now-2021.

Fantastic wine, much more in line with Rhone than Australia. More pepper than fruit good subtle tannins. A bit pricy but a good intro to quality Syrah out of CA.

Drank a few weeks ago with friends at Tar and Roses in Santa Monica. I thought that this was an example of winemaking at a high level but where because of the grapes that the wine was headed towards the end of its driinking window. Tasting of cherries and flowers it was still very pleasant to drink with a variety of foods.

Still drinking very nicely. A big dark, well balanced Syrah.

Smooth. Finesse. Light oak. Light berry. Went very well with rib eye.

Even better now. Rich, opulent style...who woulds guessed...nothing subtle here

This is fantastic jar of juice! Creamy, fruitful, long finish, all a young wing should be. Glad I have a 6 pack. Should age well until 2013. If case you haven't heard...made by Heidi..same greatness that made the Screaming bird wine....

Spice korean Rib Eye steak was a treat with this wonderful Syrah. A well structured Syrah not overly Jammy...

Family Winemakers San Francisco; 8/24/2008-8/25/2008 (Fort Mason, San Francisco) : Berry, black fruit nose; tasty, ripe berry and plum palate; medium-plus finish