Donelan, Cuvee Christine Syrah Vintage:2012 the wine serves up its

the wine serves up its round

As is typically the case there is more volume and midpalate concentration to the focused medium-bodied flavors that are shaped by somewhat finer tannins on the lacy and impressively refined finale

There is enough wood present to warrant commenting on though it’s not enough to endanger the clear expression of the pretty red cherry

Like the Chambertin

he produces one 225-liter barrel and a 500-liter one

Donelan, Cuvee Christine Syrah Vintage:2012 the wine serves up itsThe 2012 Syrah Cuvee Christine is a seriously good, rich, blockbuster styled 2012 that delivers the goods! Made from 100% Syrah, fermented with a splash of whole clusters and aged in mostly neutral oak for 20 months, its deep ruby purple tinged color is followed by a rich, concentrated Syrah that offers gorgeous blackberry, smoked earth, pepper and spring flower aromas and flavors. It has boatloads of ripe tannin, a sexy texture, and Rockstar purity,