Sanguis Syrah Bossman

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The 2015 Syrah Bossman is a ripe, pleasure-bent wine that was one of my favorites among this lineup from Sanguis. The wine wafts from the glass with heady aromas of kirsch, fruit liqueur, spice, raw cocoa, dried flowers (there's some Viognier in the blend) and tar. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, expansive and velvety, with a generous core of sun-kissed fruit and light tannins that gently assert themselves on the finish.

Containing just a splash of Viognier (7%), the 2014 Syrah Bossman has a deep garnet-purple color and gives a beautiful nose of baked blackberries, preserved plums and crème de cassis over nuances of violets, dark chocolate, Sichuan pepper, dried mulberries and smoked bacon. Medium to full-bodied, rich and decadent on the palate, it has a firm backbone of grainy tannins and just enough freshness supporting the black fruit and perfumed layers, delivering a long and multilayered finish. You really want to give this one another two to three years in bottle and then consider drinking it over the next 20+.

The greatest wine made by this estate, the 2013 Syrah Bossman is a flat-out sensational blend of 93% Syrah and 7% Viognier, from Bien Nacido and Watch Hills vineyards, that saw a quarter whole clusters and 23 months in new French oak. Its inky opaque color is followed by killer notes of smoked meats, pepper, olives and assorted dark fruits. This gives way to a full-bodied, perfectly balanced red that has a great mid-palate, seamless integration of its oak, tannin and alcohol, and a complex, layered personality that keeps you coming back to the glass. Hats off to winemaker Matthias Pippig for this beauty!

Another wine that's showing plenty of oak, the 2012 Syrah Bossman incorporates 7% Viognier and saw 26 months in 70% new French oak. Elegant, medium to full-bodied, and balanced, with terrific purity of fruit, it gives up terrific notes of creme de cassis, graphite, licorice and toasted spice on the nose. While it doesn't have a massive mid-palate, it has enough tannic bite to benefit from short term cellaring and should have at least a decade of overall longevity.

A more long term prospect, the 2011 Syrah Bossman (100% Syrah) comes all from Bien Nacido and spent 28 months in 15% new oak. Showing classic Santa Barbara County Syrah notes of dark fruits, exotic pepper, smoked herbs and hints of leather, it flows onto the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a seamless, elegant texture and fine tannin. Give it a year or two and enjoy bottles through 2023. My tasting with Matthias Pippig was a big one, and the lineup is loaded with outstanding wines. Tel. (805) 845-0920; www.sanguiswine.com