title: Jaffurs 2012 Upslope Syrah (Santa Barbara County)
description: The downtown Santa Barbara winery's luxury-level offering shows wondrous aromas of blackberry, licorice and pepper. The flavors take some patience to show their true colors, but soon reveal blackberry, ollallieberry, some red fruits, wet slate minerality and lavender. Expect those elements to emerge even stronger from 2018 to 2025.
variety: Syrah
designation: Upslope