Red
Syrah
El Dorado County · Sierra Foothills · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Syrah
- Country
- United States
- Region
- El Dorado County · Sierra Foothills
- Appellation
- El Dorado County
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- medium
Food pairing
lamb · spicy dishes · blue cheese
Rated vintages
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200583 pts
Too sweet and Porty. This mountain-grown Syrah has rich cherry-berry flavors and smooth tannins, but seems to have some residual sugar that makes it taste more like a dessert wine than a table wine.
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200489 pts
VJB's estate Syrah, from Sonoma Valley, is vintage variable, and 2004 was kind to it. The grapes got quite ripe, so the wine, which is slightly hot, shows lush flavors of black and red currants, dates and figs, chocolate macaroons, anisette and peppery spices. Yet it maintains a…