Dense saturated purple to the rim, with a refined display of toasty oak is the chocolatey, cassis, blackberry, and floral-scented and flavored, full-bodied 2001 Syrah Star Lane Vineyard. It possesses impressive depth, more structure and definition than the generic Santa Barbara bottling, and a decade of life ahead of it. The lofty 16.6% alcohol is effectively concealed. This is an exuberant, crowd-pleasing, full-throttle offering that scores high on the hedonism scale. It may be less successful in terms of pure expressions of terroir or refinement. Tel. (805) 691-1020