La Sabarotte delivers deeply saturated flavors of black cherry, candied fig, sassafras, and bay leaf. With just a little patience, those savory, bacon-y nuances will emerge beautifully. Structurally built for the long haul and packed with concentration, it has stuffing for days—but even now, with a quick decant, it offers a thrilling glimpse of its future.

This show stopper is dense, concentrated and complex and worthy of time in the cellar to properly evolve. Everything is in place here and this seamless Syrah is certain to please the experienced as well as the uninitiated. Outstanding.

Just amazingly lovely opening nose, so juicy and dense it pulls you in like a whirlpool as you swirl your glass, slowly hypnotizing yourself into a state truly ready for enjoying this wine. On top of the black currant, black cherry, there's also this anise note coming in from the side and the fruit has a little creaminess from the new oak that's used each year. The palate is amazing, the mouthfeel is just absolutely top notch, their vinification process seeming to encourage this in all their wines that I've tried so far, it's just crazy good. The tannins are ultra-fine and ultra-integrated, even this young they're so supple after just a few hours of air, the fruit on the palate is rich and ripe and juicy, just presenting so well. This is really what it's all about, finding wines like this that you just kind of instantly fall in love with. Such a gem. I wish it had cheeks I could pinch it's just so adorable.