Here’s a dry, big, bold, but soft Syrah, packed with jammy cherry, cassis and raspberry fruit, with interesting notes of soil, leather, grilled meat bone and oak. It’s a blend of Bien Nacido fruit and a Paso Robles vineyard and tastes like a Northern Rhone, except for the softness, which limits aging; drink this polished wine now. Great food wine. ——S.H.(6/1/2007)—— 88