description: Here is ripe—very ripe—fruit showing plum and prune and mince pie, along with chocolate and balsamic streaks. The refinement and layering of flavors found in past vintages is not evident; this is a somewhat blocky, slightly hot, almost rustic wine. Yet it lacks not at all for flavor, and could pass for a wine that has some extra cellar time behind it.
variety: Syrah
designation: Ciel du Cheval Vineyard