title: Spring Mountain Vineyard 2005 Estate Syrah (Napa Valley)
description: From the estate vineyard on Spring Mountain comes this dense, powerful Syrah. It's a big wine, packed with black currants and chocolate and sturdy tannins that are a bit astringent right now. Yet the long finish, which turns up complex spices and olive tapenade and black pepper, suggests this wine has nowhere to go but up. Best after 2009.
variety: Syrah
designation: Estate