Fragrant and spicy, this opens with green pepper notes and boatloads of prickly/brambly raspberry/strawberry fruit. From a cool vintage, the blend includes 15% Syrah. It’s nicely handled, with great penetration and a dancer’s precision.——P.G.(9/1/2010)—— 92

Clean blueberry fruit and cassis fruit is buttressed with streaks of rock, graphite and coffee grounds. It has a lighter profile than many Washington Syrahs, but offers wonderful details of fresh green leaf and herb, with that powerful blueberry compote fruit filling out the finish.——P.G.(9/1/2010)—— 91