Tensley WIne Company

$16.00750ml

Pair a cool climate Syrah with boldly flavored dishes.

Dish up some churrasco, asado or smoky barbecue.

A natural with Moroccan-spiced lamb meatballs

or five spice-rubbed duck breasts.

Eyes:

Garnet

Nose:

Medium-High Intensity, youthful, black fruits, smoky, spicy

Mouth:

Medium-Full Bodied, dry, medium acidity, average tannin, moderate-high intensity, medium-long finish, raspberry, black currant, black pepper

A Central Coast bottling from one of Santa Barbara's benchmark Syrah producers, Joey Tensley, the Lite moniker is to be taken more as comparison to the overwrought and overweight Syrahs typical to the region (some of which are Tensley's own bottlings) than as a statement of actual intensity. Lite's' resumé reads like many of Joey's bigger offerings; practicing organic, natural yeast, lightly filtered, unfined.