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Foxen Williamson-Dore Vineyard Syrah 2020 Red Wine - California

The 2020 Syrah Williamson-Doré Vineyard is another super-impressive wine in this range from Foxen. Bright red-toned fruit, iron, cedar, tobacco, white pepper and herbs all race across the palate. I love the energy and tension here. Range: 93-95 The... more

Gust Syrah 2018 Red Wine - California

Gust Syrah has intricate flavors of black pepper and savoriness intermingled with black and blue fruit. With ample tannin and texture this wine has beautiful concentration, tension, and ageability. After 12 months of aging in barrels the wine is... more

Lagier Meredith Syrah 2019 Red Wine - California

White pepper at the forefront. Bright red fruit and some olives and herbs in there too. Deep color. All the complexity that Syrah can offer when it's grown in the right place. Keenly structured and well-buffed, this red offers deep blackberry, smoked... more

Force Majeure Parabellum Coulee 2019 Red Wine - Washington

What can be thought of as the entry level Rhône blend from this estate, the 2019 Parabellum Coulee is based on 76% Syrah, 11% Grenache, 7% Mourvèdre, and the rest Cinsault and Counoise. Rocking red and blue fruits, white pepper, leafy herbs,... more

Jonata Todos Proprietary Red Wine 2018 Red Wine - California

A savory and earth-driven wine lifted by floral aromatics of violet candies, balsamic, nutmeg, espresso bean, black pepper and ripe blackberry. Robust dark fruit, buoyed by energetic acidity and buffered by soft and coating tannins on the palate.... more

Baron Philippe de Rothschild Escudo Rojo Reserva Syrah 2022 Red Wine - Chile

The nose opens on subtle notes of black fruit such as blackberry and blackcurrant, followed on airing by delicate touches of oak and black pepper. The round and full attack displays the expressive black fruit notes found on the nose. The tannic... more

Ramey Rodgers Creek Vineyard Syrah 2017 Red Wine - California

Aromatically the wine is intriguingly savory, with notes of salted meat, and fresh cracked pepper alongside the combination of red and blackberry fruits. On the palate, the wine is balanced with good acidity and well-integrated tannins, and a long,... more

Los Vascos Cromas Gran Reserva Syrah 2019 Red Wine - Chile

Purple color with violet hues. Expressive nose of flowers, especially violets, packed with layers of red fruits, fresh plums and figs, as well as black pepper and anise spices. Subtle oak aromas over a backdrop of graphite, tobacco, and cedar. Its... more

Ledge Adams Ranch Vineyard 2021 Red Wine - California

Blend: 80% Syrah, 10% Grenache, 7% Cinsaut, 3% Roussanne I loved the 2021 Estate Syrah Blend, which is incredibly perfumed and layered, with a kirsch and blackberry-driven fruit profile as well as notes of spring flowers, ground pepper, and incense.... more

Skylark Rodgers Creek Syrah 2019 Red Wine - California

Opaque. High-toned aromatics of blackberry, raspberry, cocoa nib, freshly ground black pepper and spring violet. The luxurious palate features dense black fruits, textural and creamy, with the stem inclusion here adding a savory note to the ripe fruit... more

Hedges Family Estate Red Mountain 2020 Red Wine - Washington

Reddish black bramble fruits, red currants, bright cinnamon, clove, vanilla and a touch of chili pepper, cocoa, toasted seeds, and a touch of earthy graphite. Nice structure, good length and lovely flavors of fruit, spice, and earth. This wine has a... more

Domaine Paul Autard Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2019 Red Wine - France

It is a balanced, elegant, deeply colored and vividly flavored Châteauneuf-du-Pape, due to the old vines’ naturally low yields. It brims with fresh and pure dark berry fruit and notes of black pepper and chocolate. Lush and ripe, with a velvety core... more

Gramercy Cellars John Lewis Syrah 2019 Red Wine - Washington

Very aromatic. Saline, iron, green olive, orange peel oil, purple flowers - mountain laurel. Pepperoni and salami. Green herb, sage, smoke, black pepper, Middle Eastern spice. Both red and black fruits, though more black fruit than usual. Firm acid.... more

Reynvaan Foothills Reserve Syrah 2020 Red Wine - Washington

The 2020 Syrah Foothills Reserve wafts up with a darkly alluring blend of salt-cured meat with black olive, white pepper and grilled sage. This opens with a pretty inner sweetness, quickly contrasted by a salty wave of tart wild berry fruits, further... more