fife l'attitude 39 rhone-style red blend (mendocino)

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This is Fife’s Rhone-style blend, in this case of Grenache, Syrah, Carignane and Petite Sirah. Typically bone dry and quite tannic, the ’05 has a dusty astringency that makes the tongue stick to the palate, which suggests drinking it with rich fare, such as ribs, or long-simmered beef and veal dishes.——S.H.(7/1/2008)—— 87

L’Attitude needs a warm vintage to succeed, and it got one in ’04. The wine, a blend of Carignane, Syrah and other Rhone reds, is dry and complicated, offering rich, earthy, Provencal herb flavors with fruitier tastes of cherries, blackberries and cola. Notable for balance, elegance and power. Drink now through 2010.——S.H.(12/15/2007)—— 93

Fascinating to taste this alongside Fife’s 2002 Redhead Red. Both wines have pretty much the same Southern Rhone blend, although they’re from different vintages. L’Attitude is a bigger, more complex wine, thicker and perhaps softer, but everything is deeper and more intriguing. It’s one of the best Carignane-based wines I’ve ever had. ——S.H.(11/1/2006)—— 93