Testarossa Garys' Vineyard Syrah (Santa Lucia Highlands)

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Tipo

Red

Uva

Syrah

País

United States

Região

Santa Lucia Highlands · Central Coast

Denominação

Santa Lucia Highlands

Corpo

full

Acidez

high

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201192 pts

  A splendid Syrah, black in color, dry, tannic, acidic and rich in blackberry, currant, grilled meat, black pepper and toasty oak flavors that are incredibly complex and satisfying. Testarossa has a great history with this bottling, and while the wine doesn't have the immediately…

• 201092 pts

  The winery brings a Pinot Noir-esque touch to this Syrah, with its silky-heavy texture and cherry, cola and white pepper flavors. The tannins give it away, lending weight and substance, but still, it's amazingly supple for Syrah this powerful. Drink now–2016.

• 200994 pts

  Testarossa is better known for Pinot Noir, but their Syrahs, and particularly those from Garys' Vineyard, are some of the best around. This 2009 is delectable now for its sheer drinkability. It's rich and luscious in blackberry, blueberry, smoked meat, pepper and earthy tobacco…

• 200794 pts

  A great Syrah, from a winery better known for Pinot. The wine shows true power in the blueberry, blackberry, mulberry, spice and smoke flavors. Yet it's so elegantly constructed, with fine Central Coast acidity and imposingly rich, fine tannins. An important wine that should hav…

• 200591 pts

  This is a big wine that's not ready now—it's too tannic. That gives it a lockdown, numbing quality that blocks a full appreciation of the fruit. But what fruit! Blackberries pure and simple, reduced to their quintessence. Such is the inherent integrity of this wine that it shoul…