Red Wine from Napa

Wine Spectator, 93 points: Powerfully built, with a brooding personality lingering under the structure of tannins. Aromas of currant and river rock combine with complex, dense flavors of blackberry, licorice and espresso. Hands off for now. Best...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: Lagier Meredith’s 2012 Syrah from Mount Veeder is terrific. Spicy and meaty, with hints of underbrush, bacon fat/lard, black raspberry and black cherry, as well as blackcurrant fruit with licorice and tar, this is a...