City Winery - Hudson Valley

Still very youthful, this wine has years of aging potential ahead of it. Initially brooding and secretive, decanting causes the wine to open up like old friends who have long been apart.

The deep, purple colored Syrah opens with confectionary aromas of freshly baked berry scones and semi-sweet chocolate chips, as well lightly smoked wood chips. The jammy wine is very fruit-forward with a juicy mix of elderberries, blackberries, and candied fruit jellies. Adding some complexity, the wine finishes with light hints of fennel and italian herbs. Appealing tannins give this wine some weight and leave a lingering flavor in the mouth.

This wine is drinking fantastically right now. This light garnet colored wine leaps from the glass with bright fresh red fruit aromas of cranberries and candied cherries, with subtle hints of violet and blueberry. On the palate, the wine becomes more interesting, flashing a spicy, slightly meaty complexity with a medium body that is bigger and more textured than the color hinted at. A very long, fruity finish brings the wine full circle and leaves you wanting more.

This wine in two words: Intensity and Concentration. On the nose, this wine explodes with fresh jalapeño, dark chocolate and blackberry jam. In the mouth, the wine is all Black Forest Cake and blackpepper spice with a rich, chewy texture. The finish is supremely long and fruity. I think I’ll have another glass…

What a fun wine! The nose is full of lots of dark fruit - plum and blackberry aromas are woven together with notes of baking spice (cloves and cinnamon). In the mouth, vanilla, licorice spice, and hints of ginger, paint a vivid picture on a red plum and raspberry canvas. The supple texture of this wine’s medium-light body showcases a good structure and the experience come to a close with lots of vanilla on the finish.

Smoked cherries. White pepper. Chicharrones. Sage. Mushrooms. A frenzied storm of aromas bound from the glass demanding your attention. This wine embodies complexity. After the first glass, you feel like you’ve just met. Flint, steel, plum.