Rusack Ballard Canyon Estate Syrah (Santa Barbara County)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Syrah

País

United States

Região

Santa Barbara County · Central Coast

Denominação

Ballard Canyon Estate

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201185 pts

  Tasty but ultimately simple, with raspberry and cherry jam, orange rind and plenty of sweet, toasty oak flavors. Drink up.

• 201091 pts

  Delicious and wonderful to drink now. Too bad more Syrahs aren't this good. The wine is dry and smoothly tannic, with deep, long flavors of blackberries, currants, smoked meat, pepper and sandalwood and a medium-bodied fullness.

• 200992 pts

  One of the best Syrahs at this price point in California. It's lush in blackberries, blueberries, chocolate and sweet oak, with a creamy mouthfeel. Drink now for freshness.

• 200893 pts

  From Rusack's estate vineyard, this is a very fine, young Syrah. It shows rich blackberry, red currant, licorice, cocoa, smoked meat and sandalwood flavors, but is also quite tannic, and some of those tannins come from new oak. If you drink it now, give it a good decant. Should…

• 200793 pts

  A stunning Syrah, with a bit of Petite Sirah that seems to provide darkness, tannins and structure. Marked with black pepper aromas, it's extraordinarily rich in blackberry, blueberry and mocha flavors, with a mushroomy earthiness and sweet smoky oak influences. Full-bodied and…