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Rossi Vineyard Orion

Sean Thackrey

St. Helena · Napa · United States

Fact sheet

Type
Other
Grape
Rhône-style Red Blend
Country
United States
Region
St. Helena · Napa
Appellation
St. Helena
Body
full
Acidity
medium
Tannin
medium
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

roast lamb · game meat · stew · grilled meats

Rated vintages

  • 201090 pts

    This rich, layered red wine is a bit jammy and assertive now, and will benefit from a couple years of cellaring to settle down. It's forward and ripe with cherry and raspberry jam, mocha, roasted almond and cinnamon flavors. A little heavy and heady, yet strangely compelling, an…

  • 200893 pts

    Made from a 106-year-old vineyard in Napa Valley, this wine is usually referred to as Syrah, but its exact components are difficult to define, except to call the wine Rhône-like. It's luxuriously soft in the mouth, with complex flavors of black raspberries, cocoa, cola, herbs, p…