2013 Paul Hobbs Syrah Kick Ranch Vineyard
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The 2013 Syrah Kick Ranch Vineyard is powerful, bold and intense, with plenty of up-front fruit that gives the wine much of its juicy, forward personality. Plum, crème de cassis, lavender and spice flesh out. This is an especially open-knit, fruit-driven Syrah to drink over the next handful of years.
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Robert Parker
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Two wines that merit attention include the 2013 Syrah Kick Ranch, a 100% Syrah that offers up notes of black olive tapenade, blackberry, cassis, licorice and camphor. Full-bodied, pure, intense and supple, it should drink well for 7-10 years.
About the producer
Paul Hobbs is one of California wine’s biggest names. Twice named Wine Personality of the Year by Robert Parker, he joined Robert Mondavi in 1977, worked at Opus One and Simi before setting up his eponymous winery in 1991.