2020 Horsepower Syrah Sur Echalas Vineyard
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Dark and inward, the 2020 Syrah Sur Echalas Vineyard opens with crushed ashen stones and air-dried meats accentuated by olive and scorched earth. This is deeply textural, round and soothing, with ripe red and black fruits complicated by a core of salty minerals. Juicy acidity adds a liveliness to the finish, as the 2020 tapers off remarkably fresh, unexpectedly so, leaving an inner rose and a salty flourish to linger. Wow, the balance here is simply gorgeous.
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James Suckling
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Smoky red and black fruits, iodine, peppery herbs, cold fireplace, and damp earth notes all emerge from the 2020 Syrah Sur Echalas Vineyard, a medium to full-bodied, nicely concentrated, layered, textured Syrah with tons to love. The tannins are ripe and nicely integrated, and it has a good spine of acidity as well as a great finish.
This shows notes of crushed dark berry, dark licorice, leather, tobacco leaf and moist earth. Medium- to full-bodied with a round texture and supple tannins. Lingering and sleek with melted dark fruit, yet with fresh spiciness to it. Balanced and well-integrated. From biodynamically grown grapes. Try from 2025.
Starting with a savory and spicy nose with notes of potpourri, tar and dusty roses, the 2020 Syrah Sur Echalas Vineyard is bright, fresh and aromatically pleasing. Medium to full-bodied, the wine is dense and chewy on the palate, with umami and savory notes of iodine and leather, hints of black cherry skin and green peppercorns and a slight prickle that will benefit from decanting. The wine continues to uncoil and unfold over the long-lingering and tannic finish. It's a delightful wine that spent 15 months in neutral oak vessels. 4,248 produced. Give it a try.