Country: US / Garys’ Vineyard
Variety: Syrah California
Winery: Testarossa / Santa Lucia Highlands
This is a big wine that’s not ready now—it’s too tannic. That gives it a lockdown, numbing quality that blocks a full appreciation of the fruit. But what fruit! Blackberries pure and simple, reduced to their quintessence. Such is the inherent integrity of this wine that it should effortlessly negotiate 4 to 6 years, gradually softening.