Hunt Cellars is an extraordinary place. Hunt Cellars produces boutique quantities of almost all red wines that win a disproportionate number of awards. David Hunt, the owner and winemaker is blind, but he plays the piano and names most of his wines after musical terms. David says that blindness makes his palate and nose extra-sensitive.

 
 

 

Winemaker David Hunt delivers another memorable wine with this Syrah. Swirling a glass opens up luscious fruit aromas of cherry, raspberry, and plum, before moving into notes of dark chocolate and black licorice. The palate is brimming with elegant flavors of blackberry, plum, and cherry that finish with a soft hint of pepper. Families enjoying pork tenderloin or lamb for a holiday dinner would do well to compliment their table with a bottle.

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