- 95 points -

One of the best syrahs in South America today, this wine offers a refreshing, fruity take on the variety. It's still young, but it’s also deep, with delicious tones of spices and some of the variety’s classic meaty notes. On the palate it’s succulent, but the tannins and acidity are firm and the texture is tense and nervy, which helps the fruit express itself even more vigorously. This syrah is from a vineyard planted in La Consulta 54 years ago, making it rather older than your average South American syrah. It was aged in barrels for a year, 35% of which were new oak.

- 94 points -

Spice, blackberry and tea aromas follow through a full body, layered texture and beautiful finish Shows bark, old vine character. 

- 94 points -

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Blackberries, black pepper and cloves on the nose, following through to a medium to full body, juicy fruit and a delicious finish of savory fruit. Umami at the end.

- 94 points -

Aromas of wild blackberry, tobacco leaf, peppercorn and asphalt. It’s full-bodied with firm, tight tannins and fresh acidity. Structured and concentrated with a refreshingly cool, inky finish. Very fine tannins. Spicy clove and black pepper to the black fruit... 

- 93 points -

Amazing aromas of blue slate, dried meat and blueberry. Full body, with fine tannins and a fruity finish. Yet reserved, complex and stylish. Lots of meat and iodine. Intense and elegant. Drink now.

- 93 points -

Intense nose of cassis, ripe blackberries, dried blueberries, charcoal, cracked pepper, bitter chocolate, cloves and tea leaves. Medium-to full-bodied with very fine, tight tannins. Dark, spicy and vibrant.

- 93 points -

A stylish syrah with dark berry, blueberry and spice aromas and flavors. Full body, juicy fruit. Long and bright finish. Some grilled meat, blue fruit and spice. From a vineyard planted in early 1970s. Drink now.

- 92 points -

This has a lifted nose of ink, violet extract, blueberry tea, bark, lavender extract and loads of baking spices. Full body, lots of dark plum fruit, tangy acidity and a very fruity finish.

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- 91 points -

Like other wines from the portfolio, the 2021 Laborde Double Select Syrah is fresher than its 2020 counterpart and has better definition, more depth, freshness and balance. It still has limited varietal character, but it's juicy and straightforward with a medium to full-bodied palate and polished tannins.

- 91 points -

The Laborde selection originally came from the Rhône in the 1940s and was planted in this pergola vineyard in 1973. Dense, sweet and concentrated with a nice combination of bramble and red berry fruit, toasty 35% new oak and classic La Consulta depth and concentration.

- 91 points -

A well-crafted and meaty red, with hints of baked yam that give the ripe dark fruit flavors an intensely savory edge. Sinewy midpalate, featuring a finish that explodes with Asian spice and hot stone notes. Drink now through 2018. 2,800 cases imported. –KM

- 91 points -

A little shy now but shows spice, dried meat, and earth character as well as flowers. Full body, firm tannins and a long and flavorful finish. Drink or hold.

- 91 points -

Serious, firm, dense and very concentrated, this doesn’t scream Syrah perhaps, but it’s still a very well made modern red that’s built to last, with damson and blackberry fruit, compact tannins and an overlay of smoky oak.

- 91 points -

Bright red-ruby. Smoky, slightly reduced nose offers dark berries, chocolate and a whiff of game. Lush, creamy and sweet, with dark fruit, chocolate and mineral flavors spreading out to saturate the palate. Very attractive, seamless syrah with a broad, fine-grained finish. The rootstock originally came from the Rhone Valley more than 50 years ago. After it was propagated in a single vineyard, a selection of the best vines was made for this 10-acre vineyard in the Uco Valley. A very successful vintage for this bottling.

- 90 points -

A dense, juicy red, displaying rich plum, crushed wild berry, spice, game and light earth notes that follow through on the long, minerally finish. Drink now.

- 90 points -

The leafy and herbal 2020 Laborde Double Select Syrah has notes of ripe berries and integrated oak, with limited varietal character and quite fruit-driven, with a juicy palate and fine tannins.

- 90 points -

There were jammy notes of raspberry in the nose of the 2019 Laborde Double Select Syrah, produced with grapes from a massal selection made by Luis Laborde. It matured in French oak barrels, 35% of them new, for 12 months. It has ripe fruit and faint varietal notes of black olives and violets. It's medium-bodied, and the tannins are fine. It finishes with a faint bitter twist. 37,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2020.

- 90 points -

- 90 points -

A Syrah from La Consulta, aged for 12 months in 35% new oak. Deep violet in hue, it gives off notes of smoke, cigar box, raspberry and blackberry plus remote hints of flesh and touches of caramel and coffee. Indulgent and fleshy on the palate, delivering good juice and a voluminous flow, it’s medium-bodied and slightly hollow with a smooth, flavorful profile. A New World–style wine.

Il y a de l’Europe dans ce verre de syrah. Une certaine retenue, une sobriété même, qui évite tout débordement. Ajoutez un fruité net, tout ce qu’il y a de savoureux, de bien lié, et un élevage sous bois tracé au millimètre, et voilà un vin qui, à moins de 25 $, livre parfaitement la marchandise.

Cette gamme Luca fut baptisée ainsi en l’honneur du fils de Laura Catena, elle-même la fille du grand vigneron Nicolas Catena. Le luca est fougueux, débordant de fruits, joufflu, épicé, poivré et fumé. Quel nez séduisant de poivre moulu et d’herbes provençales ! Les amoureux de ce grand cépage rhodanien (Syrah) en auront assurément pour leur argent, car on peut aisément croire à un cru du nord du Rhône, alors que nous sommes dans la région de Mendoza, en Amérique du Sud !