TN: 2018 Lagier Meredith Syrah (USA, California, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder)

2018 Lagier Meredith Syrah - USA, California, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder (5/5/2021)
Dark garnet, nearly opaque, nose of dark crushed berry compote, with some lovely floral spice notes; rich and intense dark blackberry fruit, deeply flavored, with wonderful complex streaks of fall spices, white pepper, dried herbs, a touch of anise. Amazing flavor complexity from a wine with destemmed fruit and no new oak, really a distillation of syrah to its core. For me, this is year in and year out an archetypal California Syrah. (93 pts.)

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