2023 "il Padrino" Syrah

Bien Nacido Vineyard, 96 Points

"One of the standouts in the Paul Lato stable is the 2023 Syrah Il Padrino Bien Nacido Vineyard... leads with its characteristically complex and multifaceted bouquet, offering up purple flower, cracked pepper, incense, camphor and crushed stone aromas with arresting clarity and harmony. On the palate, it seamlessly melds a punchy, sumptuous texture and velvety richness with a polished framing, concluding with a focused, chalky and layered finish that lingers with myriad savory and spice-driven undertones. This developed quite rapidly in the glass, continuously gaining more and more structural integrity, focus and mineral-inflected backbone, suggesting a solid 15+ years of evolution lies ahead." - 96 points, Matthew Luczy, Wine Advocate

"...explosively aromatic and voluptuous. Powerful blue/black fruit, black pepper, tobacco and violet notes weave through the palate ... a supremely confident wine, marrying generous textures with subtle, salty acids and a perfectly calibrated web of upright tannins." - 95 points, Billy Norris, Vinous