Vinous 93Points
The 2019 Maroccoli is impossible to ignore. It blossoms in the glass with a mentholated mix of dried strawberries, dusty rose and autumnal spice. This is sleek and racy in style, with cooling minerality and brisk acidity that lifts its dark red berry fruits. A coating of fine tannins adds youthful poise as nuances of red plum and inner earth tones slowly fade. The Maroccoli, a varietal Syrah, is gorgeous yet geared for the cellar. Lose this for two to three years for the best effect.
James Suckling 92Points
Berry with dark tobacco and lead pencil aromas that follow through to a medium body and a juicy finish. Linear and tight tannins. Needs a year or two to open up. Drink after 2025.
Wine Spectator 91Points
Features fine-grained tannins that create a lightly grippy, defined frame for a plush, juicy range of baked damson plum and black cherry fruit, ground coffee, violet, sage and star anise flavors. Medium- to full-bodied and well-knit, with minerally accents of iron and smoke on the finish. Syrah. Drink now through 2030. 2,167 cases made, 50 cases imported.
