2021 Windchaser Syrah Perli Vineyard Mendocino Ridge
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 91+ Points

Poised on a sometimes inaccessible mountain top, the Perli vineyard often represents its wild location with fruit that has an almost feral undercurrent. That smokey-gamey note is notable as a counterpoint to this wine’s layering of black raspberry, boysenberry, violet, peppercorn, briar, bramble and forest floor scents. The fruit is densely-packed on the palate where zest pairs with tannic grip to bring leanness to concentrated, lingering flavors that are a somewhat gripping mirror of the aromas. Try it now with grilled lamb or a dark roast, or let two years of cellar time bring forth all that it has to give. 75 cases produced.