This friendly, easy to like Syrah offers sweet black cherry, plum, and wild blackberry aromas and flavors. Highlighted with spice, smoke, and earth, it’s a great quaffer and a good choice on the table with hearty beef or lamb dishes. Grown in three Hall Ranch vineyards, 2007 was an excellent vintage throughout the Central Coast. It’s $20.99 retail at Robert Hall’s Paso tasting room, and is available in local stores.
This article appears in Nov 5-12, 2009.