Winery - Vie Winery
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
In an era of extravagant, extracted reds that overwhelm food, this is elegantly sophisticated and complex. Bone dry, it has a rich earthiness and balance that’s almost Bordeaux-like. A blend of Syrah, Zin and Petite Sirah.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s a rusticity here, a sharpness of texture, that interferes with the otherwise delicious blackberry, plum, coffee, balsamic, soy and spice flavors. Texture is so important in a wine like this. Disregard it, and no amount of ripeness can compensate.
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Vie Winery Syrah - 2004
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made from a warmer inland area, and blended with some Syrah and Grenache, this is a soft, fruity wine that offers immediate pleasure. It floods the mouth with blackberry, cherry, chocolate, leather and coffee flavors that finish in a sprinkling of cinnamon, white pepper and nutmeg.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Not a whole lot going on in this soft, simple wine. The cherry, raspberry and root beer flavors are ultraripe, with a liqueured quality, and the finish is semisweet.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The 15.9% alcohol is the price you pay for dryness. The wine shows a nice Howell Mountain quality in the hugely ripe fruit and perfectly sculpted tannins that feel so lush and smooth in the mouth. It’s beautiful, in its way, but that alcohol is really challenging.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tastes overtly sweet, with sugary raspberry and cherry candy flavors. It’s a tasty country wine, but not really dry. Mourvèdre, Grenache, Syrah.
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Vie Winery Rosé - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The grapes represent an interesting span, coming from Carneros, Dry Creek Valley and even some from Mendocino’s Eaglepoint Ranch. The blend is Zin, with Syrah and Petite Syrah. The flavors are a wild medley of LifeSaver candies, and the finish is too sweet.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Soft and fairly one-dimensional, this Syrah has the taste of perfectly ripened blackberries and black raspberries, crushed and seasoned with cocoa, white pepper and powerded anise. It has 20% Mourvèdre, which seems to bring a slight gaminess.
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Vie Winery Syrah - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The fault with this enormous Zin is that despite a hefty 15.6% alcohol, it still tastes as sweet as a ruby Port. Fifty percent new oak only contributes caramel to what should properly be labeled a dessert wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very nice, complex Syrah, soft and a little melted in structure, but with such luscious fruit, you have to like it. The ripe blackberry, raspberry and blueberry liqueur flavors have a rich edge of anisette-dipped biscotti. Drink now through 2009.
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Vie Winery Syrah - 2005
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