pepper, acidity and tannins are the stars of this young, unresolved syrah. under all that is a solid core of blackberries and blueberries that have a slight baked quality, like fruit in a pie. the wine needs time to knit together. a blend mainly of morgan's cool double l vineyard and the fine paraiso vineyard, at the warmer, opposite end of the appellation, it should hit its stride in mid-2009.
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