Domaine Bott, Vin de France (France) Syrah 2018

 Sometimes you open a wine and it outperforms anything you had expected.  Domaine Bott’s “First Flight” Syrah was one of those wines for me.  First, this wine is absolutely easy to drink and hard to put down.  The fruit is rich and dark — boysenberry and blackberry — while the body shows both earthiness and floral notes recalling violets.  Graeme and Julie Bott focus on Northern Rhône wines and this is a quality wine through-and-through.