2014 Syrah Wine

jamessuckling.com, 92 points: Some dark spices and graphite-like stony minerals ahead of the blackberry and blueberry aromas. The palate delivers impressive spice-laced dark plums and blackberries amid supple tannins that hold nicely. Drink now.

Vinous, 92 points: Bright violet. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red and dark berries, licorice pastilles, vanilla and incense and shows a bright mineral overtone. Juicy black raspberry and boysenberry flavors deepen and stretch out...

jamessuckling.com, 90 points: Smells of granitic, dusty and stony soil with a heart of boysenberry and raspberry fruit, as well as some riper red plums. The palate rolls out assertive ripe tannins, coal smoke and red fruits. It finishes with dark...

Vinous, 93 points: Youthful violet. Heady, expressive aromas of fresh blue fruits, Indian spices, pungent flowers and cola, enlivened by a suave mineral flourish. Silky, sweet and penetrating, offering palate-staining boysenberry, cherry...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The two flagship releases from St Joseph include the Le Clos and Les Granits. From a difficult vintage, I was shocked at the quality of the 2014 St Joseph Le Clos; this warmer, east-facing vineyard continues to impress...

jebdunnuck.com, 94 points: The 2014 Syrah Cuvée Christine comes from 100% Syrah sourced from the Kobler Vineyard in the Green Valley of Russian River and the Lawer Vineyard in Knight’s Valley. Seeing 30% stems and 21 months in one-third new French...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: The 2014 Syrah Susan's Hill is a more plush, rounded and soft vintage for this cuvee that offers tons of jammy blackberries, cassis, licorice, chalky minerality and violet aromas and flavors. It has solid underlying...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: The 2014 Ermitage Les Greffieux offers a big mouthful of fruit as well as a more gamey profile in its black olive, beef blood, smoke and ripe dark fruits. This cuvée comes from the middle of the slope (which is slightly...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98 points: Now that it's in bottle, the 2014 Cote Rotie La Turque has exceeded all of my earlier expectations. It's got those classic Côte Rôtie elements on the nose of smoked bacon, olives and violets, seamlessly entwined with...

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: Made from 65 year old vines on the granitic Bessards section of Hermitage. Some very assertive red plum, red nectarine and orange zest. There is a wealth of spice and dark mineral-flecked interest. The palate is extremely...