First things first, today’s Erba Mountainside Vineyards 2006 Napa Valley Syrah is a stellar wine.

Today’s Erba Mountainside Vineyards 2006 Napa Valley Syrah is a stellar wine… from one of France’s most beloved winemakers. This wine is bold, but balanced and juicy, with gorgeous ripe fruit and a clean and limitless finish.

Heavenly aromas waft from the glass, with chocolate covered cherry, blackberry jam, sweet cedar, boysenberry, black licorice, sweet spice, cassis and savory cured meat.

Juicy and bursting with flavors of blackberry preserve, black cherry juice, stewed plum, grilled fig, cassis, cured meats, black licorice, smoky cherry bark, savory spice, black tea and black pepper.

Hurry, and reserve a few bottles of today’s beautiful and very highly recommended Syrah while you can.