Gramercy Cellars Lower East Syrah (2017)

94 Points, Wine & Spirits

“This is from Greg Harrington’s tier of wines meant to broaden the winery’s regional reach to the Columbia Valley. The blend comes from Les Collines, Forgotten Hills and Holy Roller vineyards—the latter a new parcel owned by Chris Figgins, in The Rocks. The wine leads with scents of mocha and olive—the Rocks showing its stuff—while the flavors feel a bit warmer, with a seductively plush texture, limned by violet-and-rosemary-scented tannins. Drinking beautifully now; serve with lamb.”