title: Big Basin 2012 Rattlesnake Rock Syrah (Santa Cruz Mountains)
description: Richer scents of maple smoke and bacon fat integrate well into a sexy purple flower, blackberry and clove-laced black-cherry-syrup character on the nose of this wine, which includes 2% Viognier. A black-pepper-crusted beef quality shows once sipped alongside boysenberries, violets, lilacs, Sichuan peppercorn and even black tea.
variety: Syrah
designation: Rattlesnake Rock