Whitcraft Winery

"My Friend Matt's Vineyard" Los Olivos District Syrah

8.86 ratings
8.71 pro ratings
Central Coast, California, USA
Syrah
Lamb
Top Notes For
MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

8.7

There are a lot of seriously amazing #syrah that is coming out of #sbcounty from #santamariavalley and #staritahills like #storm #dragonette and #holusbolus #zotovich yet this seems like an antithesis to what I love about those wines. This smells and tastes like chocolate milk on acid. Where’s the crushed pepper? Where’s the rich black fruit and herbs? Reminds me of the Wendy’s commercial “where’s the meat?” For me the oak isn’t noble. Seems like staves or chips. This is a 2017 it should be showing complexity and tertiary but it’s just one-dimension fruity raspberries, milk chocolate and acid. Not my thing #losolivos #overrated

There are a lot of seriously amazing #syrah that is coming out of #sbcounty from #santamariavalley and #staritahills like #storm #dragonette and #holusbolus #zotovich yet this seems like an antithesis to what I love about those wines. This smells and tastes like chocolate milk on acid. Where’s the crushed pepper? Where’s the rich black fruit and herbs? Reminds me of the Wendy’s commercial “where’s the meat?” For me the oak isn’t noble. Seems like staves or chips. This is a 2017 it should be showing complexity and tertiary but it’s just one-dimension fruity raspberries, milk chocolate and acid. Not my thing #losolivos #overrated

Nov 14th, 2020
Liz Spring

Delicious with steak

Delicious with steak

Feb 10th, 2019
Ross Baldassaro

Ross had this 4 years ago

Ross had this 4 years ago

Aug 25th, 2020
Maciej Kurka

Maciej had this 5 years ago

Maciej had this 5 years ago

Aug 24th, 2019
Kyra Rehman

Kyra had this 6 years ago

Kyra had this 6 years ago

Oct 12th, 2018
David Lee

David had this 6 years ago

David had this 6 years ago

Jul 16th, 2018