Kongsgaard, Syrah, Napa Valley 2001

Purple/red.

Deep, rich aromas of menthol, grilled meat, soy, toasted nuts.

Round with a saline/acid edge. Interesting, as these wines are, I've read, routinely 3.9-4.0 in pH. Nice sense of naturalness.
But I'm not getting anything too exciting (on the palate) at the moment. Slightly grainy tannin in the long, subtle finish.

Day 3 - Extremely deep nose - menthol, melted licorice, smoked meat. More expansive in the mouth, but similar to day 1. But there is an oozingly deep feel in the mouth, with aromatics echoing, now, in the mouth. Funny, though, I'd rather drink many other Syrahs.


$100