Samsara Ampelos Vineyard Syrah, Sta Rita Hills, USA

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A beautiful effort, the opaque ruby/purple-hued, Mediterranean-styled 2008 Syrah Ampelos Vineyard exhibits a meaty, spicy, peppery personality revealing lots of roasted herb notes. Fleshy and medium to full-bodied, it should improve with another year or two in the bottle, and keep for at least a decade. Tel. (805) 331-2292

One hundred percent whole cluster fermentation makes this young Syrah vigorously tannic and spicy. It’s enormously rich and concentrated in white pepper, currant, violet, grilled meat and cedar flavors, with a core of grilled blackberries. Feels important and distinguished in the mouth, an elegant wine for an elegant meal. Drink now through 2014. ——S.H.(2/1/2011)—— 94

The 2007 Syrah Ampelos Vineyard offers abundant amounts of black fruits intermixed with notions of roasted herbs, bouquet garni, and charcoal. Also ripe and full-bodied, but not as complex as the Verna’s, it is a backward, tannic effort that will benefit from 1-2 years of cellaring, and will keep for a decade. Samsara (the Sanskrit word for “eternal life”) is a project of Chad and Mary Melville, members of the well-known Melville family. Tel. (805) 331-2292