The 2022 Syrah Sur Echalas Vineyard is particularly exotic in peppercorn and garrigue, dipping into a wild array of green olive tapenade, too. The tannins are pronounced and sturdy, not quite ready to calm down. Intensely earthy, complex, and feral, there’s a reprieve on the velvety midpalate, leading to a finishing touch of oyster shell and sea spray. This is a wild wine ready to meld a bit more in the bottle; enjoy best 2028-2038. - Virginie Boone

This is an extreme wine. It has so much green olive, bacon fat, wet earth, iron and blood on the nose, with hints of peach and blood oranges. It’s full-bodied and powerfully meaty on the palate, with very fine, tight-grained tannins. Intensely, outrageously tarry, and keeps going. From biodynamically grown grapes. Best after 2028.