Lawer Estates, Knights Valley (Sonoma County, California) Syrah 2013

This is not a particularly expensive wine, but it sure looks like one, with very dark color and enough concentration to stain the glass and show exemplary richness and weight.  It also shows excellent depth on the palate, but not due to any over-ripening or over-extraction.  The oak is notable with smoke and toast notes, with an emerging meaty character also showing.  Overall, the wine will need time to develop bottle bouquet for additional complexity, but as it stands now, it is an object lesson in purity of fruit in a dark berry profile.  Delicious already, but with a promising future for those who can show some patience.  Platinum Award winner at the 2016 San Diego International Wine & Spirits Challenge.