The 2008 Sryah is a combination of clones 174, 383, 470, and 877. The wine is dark Purple in color with a bright purple rim. The aromatics express perfumed aromas of ripe blackberry, black raspberry, coffee bean and wildflowers. The palate exhibits blackberry pie, plum, and black cherry juxtaposed with graphite, tobacco and a hint of wild game. The palate is huge with silky sweet tannins and a seemingly endless finish. This Syrah will only get better with age and will improve over the years to come.

93 Point Review - Wine Enthusiast This is delicious, right up there with a great Cabernet. First of all, there’s the smoothly tannic and velvety mouthfeel. Then there’s the flavors that are wildly attractive in blackberries, black licorice, crispy bacon and something purple and flowery, like violets. The grapes comes from a vineyard in the Mayacamas range that only qualifies for the county appellation. It’s expensive, yes, but it tastes expensive.