Hello everyone!!
We're back in Knoxville now and we have had a couple of very nice wines this past weekend, especially this one! We attended the Second Harvest wine tasting hosted by Campbell Station Wines and Spirits. This event is always held on the second Saturday of the month from 4 to 6 pm. Both this wine and the next one I will blog were featured at this tasting. We came back from the tasting and I cooked lamb chops, brussel sprouts and spinach. I decided that the syrah would be a great pairing with the lamb, and it was! A bite of lamb and then a sip of wine and back and forth because they complimented each other so well.
The color was a deep ruby to garnet. The nose was big but not huge with aromas of cherry, raspberry, licorice and subtle forrest scents. On the palate it started out as fruit forward with cherry and blackberry flavors. As it opened it became less fruity and flavors of licorice, dark chocolate and black tea became more apparent. Both early on and after opening the flavors were smooth and velvety and coated the entire palate. The tannins were firm, but smooth. We loved this wine! It was big and round without being overpowering. It was elegant and controlled. If this wine were a dinner guest, it would be William F. Buckley: smooth, elegant, witty and conservative. If syrah can be like this, it explains all the new world plantings of the grape. What I don't understand is why some producers make such big, overly muscled, gloppy wines when they could be making something elegant and refined like this.
I paid $16.50 at Campbell Station Wines and Spirits and I'm planning on running back over there and picking up a few more bottles for later.
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