Red

Barbieri Rodney's Vineyard Syrah (Santa Barbara County)

Santa Barbara County · Central Coast · United States

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cordeiro assado · carnes grelhadas · salsichas · queijos curados · churrasco

201492 pts

Full and piquant aromas of black fruit, purple flowers, asphalt and pepper make for a rich and flowery nose on this bottling. Concentrated flavors of black currant and black plum ride a relatively light and airy body all the way into a grippy tannin-laced finish.
201393 pts

This bottling from a vineyard owned by the Fess Parker family is extremely gamy out of the gates, with raw lamb aromas lifted up by peppercorns and laid atop elderberry fruit. The lighter-bodied palate is framed by zesty acidity and a zippy pepper spice, with flavors of black cu…
201093 pts

Extreme black-pepper spice meets with cola, violet, wet asphalt, forest floor and very tight elderberry fruit on the nose of this wine by Rome-raised somm-turned-winemaker Paolo Barbieri. The pepper drives the palate along with dried oregano, thyme, dill and marjoram against a b…