Horsepower Vineyards The Tribe Vineyard Syrah 2023

This wine is a pleasure palace of roadside attractions, beginning with aromas of dusty wild blackberries and pork belly. Ripe black cherries huddle with flavors of rosemary, cedar and the light salt of a water cracker. This is a Tribe called quench"pour with lamb and Donald Byrd records. Editors™ Choice. "M.A.

Beef-tartar aromas jump out of the glass, followed by violets, pomegranates, blood oranges and mixed peppercorns. It™s juicy and meaty on the palate with a full body and a rounded texture. There is fruit at the core, evolving to peppery, meaty notes, almost bloody at the end. From biodynamically grown grapes. Try this from 2028.

The 2022 Syrah The Tribe Vineyard has a fruit core of blackberry and black cherry that™s extremely appealing, with earthy secondary components of lavender and garrigue. The grip of refined tannins is subtle and integrated, with a length to the palate that™s impressively elegant. White pepper dots the finish. Cellar through 2033.

Distinctive and detailed, with spirited flavors of raspberry and blackberry accented by bacon fat, black olive, black pepper and river stone as this builds tension and structure toward broad-shouldered tannins. 533 cases made. - TF

The 2022 Syrah The Tribe Vineyard comes from biodynamically farmed vines planted in 2009. Matured for 15 months in used French oak, it has inviting scents of black cherry, cracked pepper, mint, garrigue and forest floor. The full-bodied palate is slightly coiled with dark, graphite-laced flavors. It's framed by chalky tannins and juicy acidity and has a long finish. It unfurls dramatically with ai