Tasting Notes
Vinous 94
The 2014 Syrah Richards Family Vineyard is dense, powerful and unctuous. Stylistically, the 2014 Richards is an especially ripe, unctuous wine by Donelan’s standards. A few more years in bottle should help assimilate the new oak more fully. A rush of red cherry jam, tobacco, game, iron and smoke builds into the dense, concentrated finish.
Anticipated maturity: 2018-2026
Jeb Dunnuck 99
One of the stars in this packed lineup is the 2014 Syrah Richards Family Vineyard. Coming from a site on Sonoma Mountain, it offers a stunning, singular perfume of sweet red and black fruits, lavender, spiced meats, and a complex, herbes de Provence-like character. This full-bodied beauty builds incrementally on the palate, has loads of concentrated fruit, ripe tannin, and a huge, seamless finish. It’s going to rival the otherworldly 2009 at maturity.
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