this is the best potelle syrah i've ever had, but be forewarned: it's an extraordinarily tannic wine that shows its 1,800-foot mountain origins. it clocks in at 13.9% alcohol, yet it's bone dry. the fruit is powerfully concentrated in blackberries enhanced with sweet, smoky oak. if ever there was a syrah for the cellar, this is it. best now (if you like young tannic wines, but please decant) and for at least eight years, as it gradually mellows.
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