Alban Vineyards, Reva Alban Estate Syrah

Alban Vineyards, Reva Alban Estate SyrahAn absolutely stunning, massive wine, the 2003 Alban Vineyards Syrah Reva is completely opaque purple in color and delivers unbelievably intense, rich aromatics of blackberry liqueur, smoked meat, asphalt, and spice cake on the nose. Full bodied and powerful on the palate, with glass coating fruit and texture, but also brilliant balance, plenty of freshness, and a very long, decadent finish, this phenomenal wine has yet to hit full maturity, and given

Good stuff that offers focused power and a sleek mouth feel

but the mouthfeel is graciously not too heavy or thick

A light astringency graces the finish

Enormous energy and more than enough richness

The noticeably finer

Barbera and Nebbiolo

As is usually the case with Rugiens

Buy it if you can find it

which is often a characteristic of this wine

From old vines that are more than 90 years old

“… I paid a hectare that day more than what I had paid for the ten hectares I had bought in 2001”

There is an actively tannic component that is grippy and drying