Red

Aril Syrah (Atlas Peak)

Atlas Peak · Napa · United States

Fact sheet

grilled meats · stews · aged cheeses · game dishes · roasted vegetables

201093 pts

The grapes for this wine are grown at 1,500-foot elevation, from a site that provides more coolness than the appellation's valley floor, a data point that becomes relevant to the taste and aroma of this wine. Spice, leather and garrigue combine for a seamless, soft and ageable e…
200992 pts

A good followup to last year's bottling, although the wine isn't quite as ripe and lush. The cool vintage has brought out a tannic earthiness, as well as a blast of black pepper that makes the blackberry and blueberry fruit tingly on the tongue. It's a complicated, individualist…
200893 pts

Atlas Peak's reputation for Syrah can only grow as a result of this wine. It shows the massively dense fruit and firm mountain tannins of the appellation, as well as the ageability of Atlas Peak Cabernet Sauvignon, with which this Syrah could easily be confused. It has the black…