Nuts & Bolts California Syrah

2012 Herman Story 'nuts & bolts' - Very open for business. Complex and satisfying. Very good CA Syrah

I have to admit, I'm a sucker for a wine where cherries, bell peppers and rubber collide.

This is fun. It's breakfast sausage collard greens and one hell of a cherry cola bomb. Huge. Looooong finish. Nothing like a Northern Rhône...but I don't think it was trying.

Drinks like grenache more than a syrah. Too much minerality for me. The black fruit, violets and pepper are all there especially on the nose. However, the palate lacks the oak id prefer and the black fruit i want from the nose. Very short finish for what should be a big concentrated new world syrah. It just drinks too delicate for me.

Enjoyed over 8 hrs. Concentrated. Huge. New World. Dense, ripe fruit, with a savory cured meat counterpoint. Creamy oak. Delicious!

Too much oak,.....

Needs time

This has integrated so nicely. Sweet dark fruit, smoke and meat

Little bit of heat still but nicely balanced otherwise. Maybe give it a little more time?

Time has served this one well. Blue fruit driven with splashes of cola and pepper. Nice acidity. Cigar box on the finish.