JR Wine Honey's Syrah

Purchase JR Wine Honey's Syrah

"Honey must have muscles for miles! Bold, black cherry and vanilla cream soda aromas waft from the glass. From the initial deep red color and dense aromatic attack, you know this wine has strength in color. The palate of this Syrah is exactly what you would expect from that mindset. Large but balanced structure is derived from proper weight of both the firm acidity and rustic tannins. Flavors of crushed rock mineral, black cherry, vanillin overtones all give way to a very long finish. This wine is a "bad-boy," hungry for a juicy steak! Should age well 6 to 10 years."

Purchase JR Wine Honey's Syrah

• Vintage: 2004
• Region: Napa Valley
• Lifespan: Drink through 2012
• Grape: Syrah

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