Medium purple; spicy perfume, smoke, lavender, game, plenty of fruit, well-balanced, lengthy.

Offers olive and tobacco aromas, followed by loam, coffee, plum and fig notes, which rumble through the toasty finish. The loamy hint takes an encore. Shows more heft than purity. Drink now. 100 cases imported.??–JM??Region: Chile / Aconcagua / Aconcagua Valley Select to Add

A little soapy on the nose, with air freshener, cherry candy and soft berry aromas. The palate follows what the nose offers with richness and soft tannins along with blackberry and blueberry flavors. Not very spicy for a Syrah; it’s more of a baked, toasty, generic red wine that tastes good but isn’t complex or varietal in nature.——M.S.(9/1/2010)—— 87