title: Zaca Mesa 2004 Black Bear Block Syrah (Santa Ynez Valley)
description: The wine is certainly dense and layered, showing waves of blackberries and cherries, sweet leather and Asian spice, olive tapenade and beef carpaccio, and sweet, smoky new oak. It's extremely complex, and should develop in the cellar, although not for a long time. Best now through 2010.
variety: Syrah
designation: Black Bear Block