Estate Grown Originals Santa Ynez Valley Syrah

Paired with a similarly aged Cote Rotie and poured in a blind tasting at my home to a group of interested wine drinkers.
This showed a more generous, fleshy expression of the grape as expected and still had a finely chiseled structure of finely textured tannins that echo a dryness of the vineyard's limestone soils.
Very good new world Syrah.

Paired with a Francis Mallmann inspired grilled meal of smoky pan roasted potatoes, grilled carrot and red bell peppers, salmon with chives and butter. After standing over the grill for half an hour some of the nuance of this wine was lost on me... But on day two this had blossomed with one of the clearest expressions of cassis I think I've ever smelled in wine. Deeply colored and scented, with blueberry, menthol, eucalyptus, elegantly balanced and long. In a happy place to enjoy now and over 3-5.

A 2010 Syrah is awesome. The bramble berry notes come screaming out of the glass. Lovely aromas of anise, plums, smoke. A long and lingering finish.

Stolman Syrah Origins '09. A little shy, but showing capacity to age and signature balance of ripe fruit and fresh acidity

Syrah contestant in wine tasting with mark and michele :)

Getting better with age.

Molasses, eucalyptus, Menthol and spice. Very nice.

Yum yum! Tobacco, prunes, and all them runes!

$29.99 wine house price. Tons of industrial notes. Burning peppers. Tar and smoke. Just popped. Needs some time to pep up.

2009 vintage is jammy with current and a pleasant nose.
Going well with spicy Chinese!!