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2011 Patine Estate Syrah Eleven Confessions Vineyard | Sta. Rita Hills, California 750 ml

...roughly 97% Syrah and the balance Roussanne and Viognier. It too comes all from the estate's Eleven Confessions Vineyard and saw 39 months in 63% new French oak. Backward, tight, concentrated and structured, with full-bodied richness and depth...aromas and flavors of graphite, sweet oak, smoked meats, pepper and black raspberry and cassis-like fruit. | Jeb Dunnuck for Wine Advocate, 98 points