Red

Finley Vineyard Syrah

Santa Cruz Mountains · Central Coast · United States

Fact sheet

roast lamb · roast beef · beef stew · game meat · aged cheeses

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201388 pts

Savory black pepper and cooked blueberry show on the nose of this bottling. Cracked pepper also gives a savory touch to the sip, adding depth to the blackberry and plum flavors. The tannins are fairly sticky into the finish.
201294 pts

From an organically grown, seven-acre vineyard that was planted nearly 40 years ago comes this savory, cooler-climate-styled Syrah. It's redolent with cracked black pepper, soy, charcoal and tar on the nose, plus an underlying lavender and black-currant sweetness. The palate is…
201187 pts

The distinctive nose on this wine shows charred beef, concentrated cola, sweet blackberry jelly, black olive and chopped weeds, the last element reminiscent of a day spent gardening. The flavors are sanguine with bloody meats, showing a touch of dark red cranberry fruit and pepp…
201089 pts

The pretty but powerful nose is like striking a gusher of black gold in a field of lavender, full of tar, violet and blueberry. Leather and deep purple fruit lead the palate, with charred meat savoriness, black pepper spice and plum skin tannins making a good case for this seven…
2009