Country: US / Upslope
Variety: Syrah California
Winery: Jaffurs / Santa Barbara County
The downtown Santa Barbara winery’s luxury-level offering shows wondrous aromas of blackberry, licorice and pepper. The flavors take some patience to show their true colors, but soon reveal blackberry, ollallieberry, some red fruits, wet slate minerality and lavender. Expect those elements to emerge even stronger from 2018 to 2025.