Wine Spectator rating description: Outstanding - a wine of superior character and style.  

"Serves up a generous core of vivid blackberry, boysenberry and wild berry flavors that are juicy and intense, with a loamy earth edge, and also concentrated and long on the finish. Has excellent acidity and structure. Drink now through 2012. 639 cases made." Wine Spectator, March, 2008.  For more on rating systems, click here.

Wired For Wine:  A full-bodied wine that is great with barbecue (especially spare ribs); grilled steak, lamb, venison, sausage, duck (grilled or Peking), and tuna.  Great with mushrooms.  Pairs well with aged or hard cheeses like Gouda, Parmesan, or Pecorino. 

Size:  750 ml
Varietal:  Syrah
Vintage:  2005
Region:  Santa Maria Valley, South Coast, California