title: Zaca Mesa 2012 Eight Barrel Syrah (Santa Ynez Valley)
description: A classic profile for top-shelf California Syrah, this bottling shows blackberry, black pepper, thyme, charred pork and dense purple flowers on the nose. The palate melds dried herbs with dense fruit, offering fennel pollen, oregano, marjoram and black cardamom atop blueberry and olallieberry, with a touch of dark chocolate toward the finish.
variety: Syrah
designation: Eight Barrel