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Aril 2008 Syrah (Atlas Peak)

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Price $45

Atlas Peak’s reputation for Syrah can only grow as a result of this wine. It shows the massively dense fruit and firm mountain tannins of the appellation, as well as the ageability of Atlas Peak Cabernet Sauvignon, with which this Syrah could easily be confused. It has the blackberries and cherries and cassis, but that peppery, beef jerky sweetness is perhaps the… — S.H. (5/1/2011)

Aril 2009 Syrah (Atlas Peak)

Price $45

A good followup to last year’s bottling, although the wine isn’t quite as ripe and lush. The cool vintage has brought out a tannic earthiness, as well as a blast of black pepper that makes the blackberry and blueberry fruit tingly on the tongue. It’s a complicated, individualistic wine, and you might want to cellar it for up to six years and see what happens. — S.H. (6/1/2012)

Aril 2008 Syrah (Napa Valley)

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Price $45

An interesting wine that needs time to resolve its internal conflicts. At less than three years, it’s jammy, almost candied in raspberry and cherry fruit, sprinkled with freshly ground pepper and with a trace of beef jerky. Yet such is the acid-tannin framework that the wine could surprise with extended cellaring. Try after 2014. — S.H. (5/1/2011)

Aril 2009 Syrah (Napa Valley)

Price $45

This is a lovely, gentle Syrah for drinking now with upscale fare. It’s soft in both tannins and acids, making it velvety in the mouth, and the blackberry, cassis and mocha flavors are, in a word, delicious. — S.H. (6/1/2012)

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