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The 2022 Syrah Margerum Estate Vineyard is bold and punchy from the outset. A burst of dark cherry, plum, mocha, spice, new leather and tobacco races across the palate. This is an especially fruit-driven Syrah, with tons of immediacy and a bit less in the way of cold-climate or savory character. The 2022 is very well proportioned.
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.”
Today it is an integral part of the greater Santa Barbara County wine region, but at one time the village, Los Olivos, was a stop on the Wells Fargo stagecoach line.