Voluptuously rich and concentrated, this full-bodied wine is spectacular in leather, tobacco and a whiff of grilled game. While dense, and age-worthy, now through 2022, it remains balanced and vibrant on the palate and would make a wonderful companion to hearty foods

We rather expect Darioush Syrahs to be big, ripe and rich, and, while this one fully meets expectations, it does a very good job at going right to the brink without going too far. It is certainly no shrinking violet, but it finds more than enough concentrated, decidedly succulent fruit as a foil to its ripeness and extravagant oak, and it ranks among the richer offerings around. It tightens up a bit at the finish, and its tannic imperatives prescribe at least a half-decade of age, yet it has the right stuff to grow for another five years after that.