Winemaker Notes
Long growing seasons and concentrated fruit with deep color and flavors. This Syrah is inky purple, bursting with dark blackberry fruit and rich in texture.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Bright, dusty leather and raspberry cola highlight this lovely vineyard-designate, which shows cool-climate aromatics and retention of acidity. In balance, it's both fruity and weighty, with varietal highlights of pepper and garrigue.
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
With boundaries overlapping the Sonoma Coast AVA and Sonoma Mountain AVA, Bennett Valley benefits from the cooling effects of the nearby Pacific Ocean just like its neighbors. Top grapes planted include Barbera, Pinot noir and Chardonnay, as well as Bordeaux and Rhone varieties.