Donelan, Cuvee Christine Syrah Vintage:2012 cherry-vanilla and floral pastille flavors

cherry-vanilla and floral pastille flavors that show a suave marriage of power and finesse

As is typically the case there is more volume and midpalate concentration to the focused medium-bodied flavors that are shaped by somewhat finer tannins on the lacy and impressively refined finale

the same cant be said for the 1996 Krug

A cooler and very pure nose freely offers up its aromas of spice

he produces one 225-liter barrel and a 500-liter one

Donelan, Cuvee Christine Syrah Vintage:2012 cherry-vanilla and floral pastille flavorsThe 2012 Syrah Cuvee Christine is a seriously good, rich, blockbuster styled 2012 that delivers the goods! Made from 100% Syrah, fermented with a splash of whole clusters and aged in mostly neutral oak for 20 months, its deep ruby purple tinged color is followed by a rich, concentrated Syrah that offers gorgeous blackberry, smoked earth, pepper and spring flower aromas and flavors. It has boatloads of ripe tannin, a sexy texture, and Rockstar purity,