I don’t know when this one drops, but you’d be wise to get on the list. Such an amazing little wine: so FRESH, so packed with young wiry fruit, so Cotes du Rhone, the pithy cherry shielded under a glaze of thin raspberry while graceful vegetal green-ness sullies and expands the nose along leathery layers into dirty brightness and mineral aplomb.
The blue-purple rim tells the same story, and the freshness on intake reflects the bouquet. Unbelievably ripe: there is no arguing the epitome of fruit dedication despite the thin mouthfeel. Sharp but not astringent, ripe sweetness carries all the acid and shrubbery powerfully and in perfect balance down into chewy, structural finales. THIS IS SYRAH. And it won’t break the bank. FIND a better 20-dollar wine stateside.
2021 NSO by Dusty Nabor Syrah Santa Rita Hills 14.0
Stephen McConnell 