Winemaker Notes
Plum sauce, mulberry, café au lait, gingerbread, sweet olive, tuberose, Tellicherry peppercorn, singed rosemary, nori, pâte. Palate is soft, supple, alluring, wel integrated fine and polished tannins coast to a suave, elegant finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Very dark in the glass, this entry-level Syrah from a Paso Robles veteran is always a wise, satisfying choice. Aromas of berry, tar and walnut lead from the inky nose into an unctuous palate of baking spice and baked plum and berry.
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Wine Spectator
A youthful version, offering an array of raspberry and red currant notes that build richness, taking on black plum and dark chocolate accents. Finishes with dried tobacco and olive details around firming tannins. Drink now through 2033.
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.”
The largest and perhaps most varied of California’s wine-growing regions, the Central Coast produces a good majority of the state's wine. This vast California wine district stretches from San Francisco all the way to Santa Barbara along the coast, and reaches inland nearly all the way to the Central Valley.
Encompassing an extremely diverse array of climates, soil types and wine styles, it contains many smaller sub-AVAs, including San Francisco Bay, Monterey, the Santa Cruz Mountains, Paso Robles, Edna Valley, Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Maria Valley.
While the Central Coast California wine region could probably support almost any major grape varietiy, it is famous for a few Central Coast reds and whites. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel are among the major ones. The Central Coast is home to many of the state's small, artisanal wineries crafting unique, high-quality wines, as well as larger producers also making exceptional wines.