Matchbook Syrah, Dunningan Hills, USA

火柴盒西拉干紅葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：4984

The 2008 Syrah is another good effort. Most top Syrahs are very expensive because this grape only achieves true greatness in special terroirs from top-flight wine producers. One of the finest bargain-priced Syrahs I have tasted from California, this blend of 92% Syrah and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon reveals plenty of red and black fruit, underbrush, licorice and incense characteristics, medium body, and a soft, silky style that is meant to be drunk over the next two years. High quality, appealing, value-priced wines emerge from winemaker Dan Cedarquist under the Matchbook label.Tel. (530) 662-1032 (Crew Wine Co.)

A broody and juicy warm-climate Syrah that’s nicely in balance, clean and tastes like fruit, all at a very attractive $16. Syrah is blended with 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. ——V.B.(12/31/2011)—— 87

A perfectly serviceable Syrah with 9% Cabernet Sauvignon blended in, almost black in color with savory meat and red berries on the nose and palate and soft edges all around. A good price for a good wine from a part of California’s Sacramento Valley that is known for its mild, Mediterranean climate, made by the Giguieres, who once owned the region’s largest winery, R.H. Phillips. ——V.B.(4/1/2011)—— 86

Big, strong and lusty in flavor, this Syrah floods the mouth with berry-cherry fruit, and will stand up to equally strong fare, such as a ketchup-smothered cheeseburger.——S.H.(4/1/2010)—— 85