Le Macchiole Scrio 2018

The 2021 Scrio, Le Macchiole’s Syrah, opens with crushed flowers, bright, red-toned fruit and a kick of white pepper. Vibrant acids lift the mid-palate beautifully. This is an especially elegant, refined Scrio that very much reflects a shift to hillside vineyards that now account for 50% of the blend. At times, the red fruit profile and medium-bodied structure are Pinot-like. There’s a feeling of

The Le Macchiole 2021 Scrio (made with 100% Syrah) is a wine of generosity, depth and texture. It offers a full embrace of the senses with mulberry, damson plum, soft spice and camphor ash. You get a distant overlay of the peppercorn and smoked bacon that usually characterizes this variety; however, softer tones of cardamom or candied orange in dark chocolate take center stage. There's even a spot

Looking at the single-varietal wines, the 2022 Scrio is a youthful magenta color and is highly perfumed in the glass with aromas of candied flowers, pink peppercorn, dried earth, incense, and fresh red plum. The palate has a more sanguine feel, with savory notes and defined compact tension and structure, bright acidity, balanced energy, and a lovely mouthwatering finish. It‘s only going to improve