Tasted this at the release party.
This wine is quite appealing right now. I usually like to wait a couple of years before I start popping my Kerloo wines but this one was definitely singing at the party (maybe it was opened early?). Both aromatically and on the palate, I could tell that this wine had been cofermented with Viognier (the insert with the wine states that this is 100% Syrah but I am confident that this is not the case). There is just something different about Syrah that has cofermented with Viognier (to me it adds a kind of flower component to the wine). Anyways, the nose had some ripe blackberry fruit (compote maybe?), some warm spices, blueberries, and black pepper. The palate had a similar profile with some minerality, some warm spices again, some red fruits (cherries mostly), and some herbs that I could not put my finger on. There was good fresh acidity with a long finish. Overall, I really enjoyed this wine (I am not usually a huge fan of the Va Piano vineyard)!
This wine is quite appealing right now. I usually like to wait a couple of years before I start popping my Kerloo wines but this one was definitely singing at the party (maybe it was opened early?). Both aromatically and on the palate, I could tell that this wine had been cofermented with Viognier (the insert with the wine states that this is 100% Syrah but I am confident that this is not the case). There is just something different about Syrah that has cofermented with Viognier (to me it adds a kind of flower component to the wine). Anyways, the nose had some ripe blackberry fruit (compote maybe?), some warm spices, blueberries, and black pepper. The palate had a similar profile with some minerality, some warm spices again, some red fruits (cherries mostly), and some herbs that I could not put my finger on. There was good fresh acidity with a long finish. Overall, I really enjoyed this wine (I am not usually a huge fan of the Va Piano vineyard)!