Syrahs

I went to Silver Lake Wine on Thursday to quickly survey their tasting and I choose the Syrah flight. There were three pure syrahs: one from Chile, one from the northern Rhone and the last was from Paso Robles. They were all quite different, the Rhone displayed more of the classic Syrah characteristics, the Chilean was interesting as well, primarily because 90% of the wine is aged in stainless steel giving it a very clean, lighter fruit driven taste. HOWEVER, I found the most stunning of the three to be the Clos Mimi petite rousse Syrah from Paso Robles. It might have been my exposure to coffee all day long, but the bouquet was jamboree packed with strong pickled notes: especially of okra and sting beans which I found shocking. It was much lighter than Syrah's from farther up north and kind of paraded traits of both Zin and Grenache. It was yummy and screamed for food and was most likely a result of the hotter climate in Paso Robles. GREAT DEAL!