Syrah is planted with success in many places in the wine world. It gets its greatest fame from big, powerful wines like Hermitage and Côte Rôtie in France’s Rhône Valley or the opulent Shiraz bottlings from Australia. This wine is from a surprising spot – the Temecula Valley of southern California. Leoness Cellars has crafted a complex, elegant and multilayered Syrah that offers purity of fruit, depth, complexity and a plush, approachable style. The 2021 Leoness Foundation Block Syrah shows lovely scents of blueberry, blackberry and plum fruits interwoven with nuances of violets, vanilla, game, earth and black pepper. The flavors are rich and pleasing, with ripe blue and black fruits enhanced by exotic earth, spice and floral tones. The 2021 Leoness Foundation Block Syrah expresses a beautiful sense of place.
Leoness Cellars, Temecula Valley (California) Syrah 2021
By Wayne Belding