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Decorated with 96-point praise and grown on the legendary cool-climate Bien Nacido Vineyard, this wine is one of the greatest and most complex Syrah expressions in California. Pouring inky purple-black, with plush aromas of blackberry, cassis, and cracked pepper, it’s got the silky, seductive richness you find in $300-per-bottle Sine Qua Non, but sculpted into…
The Scores Are In: “Don’t Miss It” At the top of a hill, Pete Stolpman’s truck came to a screeching halt as dust kicked up around us. “These are Ruben’s vines,” he said, bolting into a row—were there rattlesnakes? He didn’t care—and we carefully followed behind. Where Stolpman goes, we’re eager to follow—even after tales…
A Tensley Redux of a Top Scoring Santa Barbara Red At $40 per bottle, Tensley’s Colson Canyon Syrah is one of the best American Syrahs on the market. Two decades ago, long before he had pulled in more 94- to 99-point scores from Robert Parker than any other American Syrah-maker, Joey Tensley was a Bakersfield…
Starting with a few plots and a dream, Thierry Allemand has become a benchmark producer in Cornas. In the 1980s, Thierry quit school and acquired some land in the small Cornas region. He learned as he went, aiming to craft wines of distinction and eventually settling into a laissez faire style of winemaking. With help…
If excellence is a habit, it’s been a staple in Amavi’s regimen since they were founded. And if we had to fill a bottle with everything we love about Washington Syrah, this would be it. With a vaunted winemaker and some of the state’s best vineyards, the 2018 achieves the skillful balance of New World…
Our first introduction to the Benevolent Neglect Las Madres Syrah came years ago at the three-Michelin star Sonoma restaurant SingleThread. That first taste, blanketing the palate with smooth, savory richness, rocketed this bottle to the top of our list of favorite Syrahs from anywhere in the world. Now in its third iteration here with the…
Wine Enthusiast credited Brick & Mortar as one of the few wineries “carving out a broader sense of what’s possible” in California, and this 2018 West Block Syrah single-handedly throws down the gauntlet. It’s bringing a 94-point score—so you can sip this stellar Sonoma County red, and say you knew it before it hit the…
Charles Smith’s Klein Vineyard Syrah is one of the must-have red wines of the West Coast. One of the defining bottlings of K Vintners—perhaps the most famous producers of top-tier Walla Walla Syrah—it always pulls together intense fruit, delicate floral tones, and muscular structure. And the 2018 is one of the best versions ever. This…
Wine Advocate called Vincent Paris “an up and coming superstar of Cornas,” and in the seven vintages since, he has proven them right with a slew of 95+ point reds. There’s no doubt that when this “child of Cornas” has his hands on top-quality Northern Rhône Syrah, he’s got no limits. And his Crozes-Hermitage Sélection…
Guigal doesn’t just stand at the top of the Rhône hierarchy: According to Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate,“There is no winemaker on planet Earth who has produced so many compelling wines, irrespective of vintage conditions, as Marcel Guigal.” The most famous wines in the Guigal domaine are known as the Trésors, or “Treasures”: The small-production La…
From Marcel Guigal, the man Robert Parker called “this planet’s greatest winemaker,” this is one of the Rhône’s most underrated bottles. Rhône expert Jeb Dunnuck loved the 2018 when he tasted it out of barrel, and as we can attest, it’s even better out of the bottle—and will drink beautifully for years. Like Guigal’s top…
No winery is more responsible for the Northern Rhône’s place in the hearts and cellars of collectors than Guigal. Robert Parker called patriarch Marcel Guigal “this planet’s greatest winemaker,” and the house boasts over twenty 100-point wines. They are to Syrah what Petrus is to Merlot and Romanée-Conti is to Pinot Noir. The difference? It’s…
Back in 1997, Santa Barbara’s Ballard Canyon wasn’t the Syrah powerhouse we know today. It took a pioneer by the name of Stevan Larner to take a risk on this dry, windswept corner of Santa Barbara County that seemed more suited to artichokes and cattle than grapevines. Larner’s gamble paid off. Twenty-five years later, the…
On our last trip to the Northern Rhône, the most striking view came at the top of Hermitage Hill. The most striking discovery came at the bottom. That’s where we tasted Paul Jaboulet Aîné’s Le Grand Pompée St.-Joseph. Poured alongside Jaboulet’s most iconic bottlings at Vineum, their tiny wine bar in Tain l’Hermitage, it’s the…
High on Spring Mountain, Pride Mountain Vineyards crafts Cabernets and Merlots that have gained a worldwide following. They also make a couple of small-production reds that the Pride mailing list has been happy to keep to themselves. In normal times, more than 90% of Pride’s Syrah goes to the mailing list. The other 100 cases…
The last vintage of Saint Cosme was our most popular Côtes du Rhône of the year, and we simply couldn’t keep up with demand. Sultry and gorgeous right out of the gate, the 2018 is a masterclass in what can be achieved at this price point with the right talent behind it. The Saint Cosme…
Stolpman has been a Wine Access go-to for 15 years, and Vinous’ Stolpman reviews reach back just as far—so it’s worth shouting from the rooftops that the 2018 Stolpman Vineyards Estate Grown Syrah is setting records in both places. With its 94-point score, the 2018 is Vinous’shighest-rated Stolpman Estate Syrah, and our price puts one of California’s most…
“Hilltops really starts to hit its stride after five years,” Pete Stolpman told us, as we swirled the purple-hued 2018 in our glass. “The wines have a ton of concentration, a healthy amount of tannins, and that’s when we see that integration, the seamlessness, the polish coming through.” Like the greatest ideas, Hilltops seemed crazy…
Joey Tensley has pulled in more 94- to 99-point scores from Robert Parker than any other American Syrah-maker. But two-plus decades ago he was a Bakersfield farm boy who took a daring plunge into winemaking. In 1997, the year before he launched his label, Joey first laid eyes on the Colson Canyon vineyard, which was…
Steve Beckmen’s Purisima Mountain Vineyard is one of the most extraordinary Syrah sites in California—and it’s why his Beckmen Vineyards Purisima Mountain Syrah boasts more depth, character, and complexity than just about any under-$30 red in America. Antonio Galloni of Vinous called the 2019 a “wild, exotic wine,” bestowing it a glowing 94-point score. Biodynamically…
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