Bold, exciting and unique. Offers wave after wave of crushed blackberries, espresso, teriaki beef, black pepper and cedar, dusted with exotic Asian spices. The tannins are rich, fine and authoritative. Really a beautiful, Northern Rhone-style Syrah, made from one of the appellation’s great vineyards. Drink now, with decanting, and over the next six years.——S.H.(11/1/2009)—— 94