description: The unusual label—a bright green praying mantis on a plain brown background—does not suggest a reserve-quality Syrah, but that is what this is. Spicy and well-defined, young and full of verve, it opens with blueberries and other wild blue fruits, adds layers of coffee, milk chocolate, moist earth and lead pencil, and moves through a tart, sappy midpalate into a nicely-focused finish with the promise of a long cellar life.
variety: Syrah
designation: Praying Mantis