Winery - Samsara
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Partial whole-cluster fermentation gives this wine an earthy, tannic closedness, making it unsuitable for drinking now. But it’s extraordinarily rich in cherry and currant fruit, with such a long sweet finish that it has got to be an ager. Try after 2009.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Exotically spicy, with a taste of raspberry and black cherry pastry filling, dates, cassis and clove spice. Very full-bodied, rich and dense, but dry and balanced. A “wow” wine that should improve over the next four to six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very full-bodied and rich, a densely structured wine that’s too young to appreciate now. The cherries, raspberries, currants, roasted coconut, mocha frappuccino, date nut bread, candied ginger, orange tea and sandalwood are exotic and almost overpowering, but the wine never loses its tense control. Now through 2012, at least.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Unfined and unfiltered, so a little cloudy, and somewhat tannic. You can almost chew on this stemmy, woodspice-flavored young wine, with its earthy-sweet herbs and wild cherries. Dry, noble and distinguished, it should benefit from 4–6 years in the cellar.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Partial whole-cluster fermentation gives this wine a chewy, spicy density, while new oak adds a flamboyant sweetness to the underlying cherry and blackberry fruit. The result is dry, rich, complex and ageworthy. Best after 2011, if you can keep your hands off it.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Bold, exciting and unique. Offers wave after wave of crushed blackberries, espresso, teriaki beef, black pepper and cedar, dusted with exotic Asian spices. The tannins are rich, fine and authoritative. Really a beautiful, Northern Rhône-style Syrah, made from one of the appellation’s great vineyards. Drink now, with decanting, and over the next six years.
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Samsara Syrah - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One sniff of this terrific Pinot Noir, and your brain knows it’s the good stuff. From the ruby color to the fresh, jammy plum, cherry, cola and beef jerky flavors, it’s just a terrific wine. Enormously complex and velvety in the mouth, it should improve over the next four years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One hundred percent whole cluster fermentation makes this young Syrah vigorously tannic and spicy. It’s enormously rich and concentrated in white pepper, currant, violet, grilled meat and cedar flavors, with a core of grilled blackberries. Feels important and distinguished in the mouth, an elegant wine for an elegant meal. Drink now through 2014.
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Samsara Syrah - 2008
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A delicious wine, dry and lush and very rich. Hard to resist the exotic appeal of its tangerine, cherry, rose petal and sandalwood flavors, with a touch of smoky char from new oak. A drop of Malvasia Bianca adds a fresh bite of acidity and citrus peel.
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Samsara Syrah - 2008
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a rich, full-bodied and somewhat heavy wine fresh out of the bottle. Made from different vineyards throughout the appellation, it shows a certain generic Pinot Noir quality, albeit at a high level. The cherry flavors have an edge of heirloom tomato.
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