Halcon Vineyards
Elevacion Syrah
Yorkville Highlands, North Coast, California, USA
Holy cow this is wonderful. Medium bodied but still packed with flavor. Very cote rotie like with notes of charcoal, dried meats and herbs complimenting the red tones fruits (raspberry, red currant and red plum)... long and fresh. Wonderful wine
Holy cow this is wonderful. Medium bodied but still packed with flavor. Very cote rotie like with notes of charcoal, dried meats and herbs complimenting the red tones fruits (raspberry, red currant and red plum)... long and fresh. Wonderful wine
1 person found it helpfulMay 28th, 2019
If you like Northern Rhône, I dare you to find me a California Syrah that you’d like better. This is a sun-kissed version of a good Côte-Rotie - take out some of the rusticity and replace it with fruit, and you ha e this mineral driven wine with a mouthful of flowers, white pepper and violet. A little bacon and meat and olive are missing, to my tastes, and these are somewhat more present in the Alturas bottling. But this is on the elegant side. Good long term upside here.
If you like Northern Rhône, I dare you to find me a California Syrah that you’d like better. This is a sun-kissed version of a good Côte-Rotie - take out some of the rusticity and replace it with fruit, and you ha e this mineral driven wine with a mouthful of flowers, white pepper and violet. A little bacon and meat and olive are missing, to my tastes, and these are somewhat more present in the Alturas bottling. But this is on the elegant side. Good long term upside here.
1 person found it helpfulJan 12th, 2019