2022 Tensley Syrah Colson Canyon

2022 Tensley Syrah Colson Canyon

2022 Tensley Syrah Colson Canyon The 2022 Syrah Colson Canyon Vineyard ratchets up the intensity and has a saturated purple hue as well as a killer nose of ripe black and blue fruits, graphite, ground pepper, and crushed stone-like minerality. Rich, concentrated, and powerful, it shines for its purity, has building tannins, and a great finish. 98pts JD
Growing wine at Colson Canyon, at an elevation of 1,400 feet, creates warm windy days with very cool nights. Creating a wine of power and finesse at the same time. First, the wine is thick with dense color, but when you put your nose in the glass fresh red and black fruits come to mind. A long coffee and vanilla finish. Texture coats your mouth for a few seconds while the wine lingers in your mouth. Winemaker

This is one of the finest wines at its price point made in California today. Joe Tensley has received more 94-99 pt scores for his Syrah’s than any other winemaker. His signature vineyard and signature wine is the Colson Canyon Syrah. Today he owns this vineyard treasure and him managing the vineyard and winemaking process, the quality of this wine has got even better. The 2022 Tensley Colson Canyon Syrah got a huge 98pts by Jebb Dunnuck who used to rate all Rhone reds for Parker. His score was Parker’s score for this wine for the last 12 years. Parker has not rated yet but 2020 got 96pts and 2021 got 97pts. Dunnuck hails the wine as, “Rich, concentrated, and powerful” Other scores are too follow. This wines rivals the quality of other greats Syrah’s like Saxum, Sine Qua Non and Alban but can be had at a fraction of the price, others selling for upwards of $150 a bottle. If this wine was a Cult Napa it would be over $200 a bottle. The quality of the wine is impeccable and to think it’s under $45 a bottle is hard to believe with California red wine prices. This is truly a master winemaker that makes wine from one of the greatest single vineyards in California. The wine is a big rich red with huge concentration, oodles of black and red berry fruit, toasted vanilla, a myriad of spices and smoke. Lovers of big reds this will blow you away at the price. The wine always sells out, a wine of true greatness at a fraction of the price of others.