Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Syrah Annadel Gap Vineyard has evocative scents of warm black plums, wild blueberries, Sichuan pepper, smoked meats and violets. Full-bodied and packed with rich, ripe black fruit flavors, it has a firm backbone of rounded tannins and just enough freshness, culminating in a long peppery finish.

Black raspberry, pepper and espresso flavors build richness on a zesty finish. Drink now through 2023. 268 cases made.

Grilled meat, lavender and blueberry emphasize this wine's varietal prowess and grasp of the savory, a mix of garrigue and oak that lasts throughout a full-bodied palate of richness and concentration. The tannins are grippy and intense.