Duckhorn’s Paraduxx label gives the winemaking team a chance to experiment with blends and varieties that need a different marketing approach. This Syrah is a massive, full throttle wine featuring blackberry jam, fall spice and cologne aromas, followed by a palate that’s dry and weighty, with the brown spice coming forward. Give this a good decant before serving to get all that it has to offer. Contains 14% Grenache.
Paraduxx, Napa Valley (California) Syrah 2012
By Rich Cook