WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
The 2018 vintage is comprised of 80% Cole Creek Vineyard and 20% Rodgers Creek Vineyard. This Syrah is grown in the cool climate of the Sonoma Coast which offers a style reminiscent of the Northern Rhone regions of Hermitage and Cornas, with aromas and flavors of smoked meat, white pepper, green olive and grapefruit, coupled with a silky texture and savory flavor.
TASTING NOTES:
This is an outstanding vintage of this wine: sinewy and seductive in black pepper, garrigue and brooding black fruit. Made from grapes grown at both Cole Creek Vineyard and Rodgers Creek, it is sublime in texture and complex in structure, with lasting layers of smoked meat, citrus and olive.
- Wine Enthusiast, 98 pts.
The 2018 Syrah Sonoma Coast, containing 8% Viognier, is fresh and fragrant. Medium ruby-purple in color, it's scented of red and black currants, bacon fat, white pepper, lilac and bitter chocolate. The palate is medium-bodied with loads of powdery tannins and concentrated layers of fruit, with spice and floral accents that linger on the seamless finish.
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 pts.
A handsome red, polished and precise, with blackberry and currant flavors laced with crushed stone, smoky meat and black pepper. Finishes with refined tannins. Drink now
- Wine Spectator, 93 pts.
