Reynvaan, Foothills Reserve Syrah other_regions_italy

Reynvaan, Foothills Reserve Syrah other_regions_italyActing like a little brother to their Syrah In the Hills bottling, the 2017 Syrah Foothills Reserve explodes out of the glass with power and prestige. Aromas of freshly cracked black peppercorn, soft worn leather, olive tapenade and dusty lavender are aromatically lifted by high toned red fruits of wild strawberry, lush and juicy cherry and smoked rhubarb on the nose. Medium bodied but stuffed to the brim with the profile of Syrah, it seemingly

the 1999 has held up well

with an elegantly textural attack and a creamy core of fruit that's underpinned by a bright but nicely integrated spine of acidity

acacia blossom and whiffs of ocean breeze and shrimp shells

together with 2001

the 2014 is going to need at least a few years to come into its own

saltiness and texture

concentrated yet impressively refined wine with plenty of inner mouth perfume as well as an abundance of palate coating old vine sap that serves to cushion the still quite firm tannic spine on the strikingly persistent finish

elegant and refined

and 22% Malbec from Gualtallary

(89-92)/2022+

100 cases made

and I suspect few Riesling lovers cellar their Müller Kabinetts more than a decade anyway