Red
Block #9 Syrah
Dry Creek Valley · Sonoma · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Syrah
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Dry Creek Valley · Sonoma
- Appellation
- Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma, California, US
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
roasted meats · grilled meats
Rated vintages
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201092 pts
This Syrah's outstanding feature isn't the ripe blackberry, cherry, currant, cocoa and smoked meat flavors, although they are delicious. It's the balance. The tannins are lovely, the acidity is just right and the finish is spicy and complex. The wine frames the Syrah argument in…
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200988 pts
Here's a brisk young Syrah whose acids and rustic tannins suggest drinking now with roasted and grilled meats, the fattier the better. Shows an interesting mélange of forest berries, dried currants, cured meats and spices.