May 2014 | 93-94 points
“Bright violet color. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes blackberry, blueberry and incense, with a suave floral overtone. Weighty yet graceful and precise, offering sweet black and blue fruit flavors with complicating candied violet and licorice qualities. Impressively fresh and focused syrah, with strong finishing spiciness, gentle tannins and a lingering note of floral pastilles. Distinctly elegant in style, and surprisingly approachable at this early stage.”
–Stephen Tanzer