“Sisters Ridge” North Canterbury Pinot Noir offers ripe cherry-berry and fresh herbal aromas. Tart cherries carry over on the palate with good acid balance. cherry flavors are clean and fresh, lingering in a long, subtle finish.

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Barnard Griffin’s 100% Syrah from Washington State’s Columbia Valley shows very dark purple in the glass, all the way to a thin, bright garnet edge. Scents of plums and red berries lift from the glass in an aroma of fresh, forward fruit. Red fruit flavors follow the nose, framed by bright acidity and firm, astringent tannins, with 13.8% alcohol claimed. It’s a pleasant table red, not overly complex. (Feb. 19, 2020)

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Cline’s dark-purple Syrah offers black plums, black cherries, and a whiff of tobacco leaf on the nose, leading into a mouth-filling black-fruit and black coffee flavor framed by fresh acidity. Its drying tannins and fragrant black pepper aftertaste are typical of Syrah. Interesting wine. Its origin in Sonoma County’s cool-climate Diamond Pile Estate vineyard and its subtle French oak imparts a surprisingly Rhône-like character for a California Syrah.

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Georges Duboeuf’s 2017 Beaujolais-Villages shows blackberry and raspberry aromas with focus on the black fruit, but red fruit, raspberries and blackberries, becomes more prominent on the palate. Abundant, juicy fruit is well structured with fresh-fruit acidity, a whiff of stony minerality, and a surprising levels of firm but palatable tannins. A good, balanced Beaujolais and a versatile food wine.

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