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Consilience 2000 Rodney's Vineyard Syrah (Santa Barbara County)
- $22
This tremendous wine is from Fess Parker’s estate vineyard in the northeastern Santa Ynez Valley. It is very ripe in black cherry and blackberry fruit. Yet its smoked meat and white pepper notes give it a distinct Rhônish quality. It’s a big, flamboyant wine, but the soft sweetness of the tannins makes it drinkable now.
— S.H.
(9/1/2004)
Consilience 2001 Syrah (Santa Barbara County)
- $17
Very good wine, with cherry-berry-mocha fruit and a dusty tinge of spice. It’s the quality of the tannins and the overall balance that lend this wine harmony and power.
— S.H.
(9/1/2004)
Consilience 2001 Petite Sirah (Santa Barbara County)
- $22
A rich, lush wine that sports a firm framework of ripe, supple tannins surrounding its core of black cherry, blackberry, currant, plum, spice, anise and herbs. Complex yet smooth and sleek. Long, elegant finish.
— J.M.
(10/1/2004)
Consilience 2001 Pinot Noir (Santa Barbara County)
- $30
Lush in ripe cherry fruit, powerfully spiced, crisp in acids, nicely oaked, and with a fine, silky texture, this is a picture perfect South Coast, cool-climate Pinot Noir. It also has a rich earthiness, and retains the delicacy and elegance that varietal demands.
— S.H.
(12/1/2004)
Consilience 2000 Rodney's Vineyard Syrah (Santa Barbara County)
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- $30
A deep, dark and impressive wine made from Fess Parker’s estate, in the Santa Ynez Valley. It has opening aromas of blackberry, dark plum, smoke and oak and a note of cheddar, and drinks intense in fruity flavor and tannins. It’s a young, firm wine but a pliant one, and will be beautiful now with a grilled T-bone steak.
— S.H.
(2/1/2004)
Consilience 2000 Viognier (Santa Barbara County)
- $21
Quite complex, with effusive fruit. Mineral and earth tones add interest, with pretty peach and melon on the follow-up. Texture is balanced and mellow, while the finish is long.
— J.M.
(12/15/2002)
Consilience 1998 Rhodes Vineyard Zinfandel (Redwood Valley)
- $27
The ripe berry flavors wear a veil of deeply toasted oak in this smooth and supple wine, but does it with finesse. Flavorful, smooth and not weighty, it has a pleasing, even texture on the tongue and displays good persistence with berry, pepper and dark toast flavors lingering on the back end. Perhaps over-oaked, but suavely so.
— W.E.
(3/1/2001)
Consilience 2002 Hampton Vineyard Syrah (Santa Barbara County)
- $38
Shows that it is possible to bottle a high-alcohol wine (16%, in this case) that’s still reasonably balanced. Blackberry, coffee and molasses notes are intense and tasty, while the mouthfeel is richly textured. Blackberry fruit powers through some chewy tannins on the finish, suggesting that a few years of aging isn’t out of the question.
— W.E.
(9/1/2005)
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