Stephenson Cellars syrah is certainly David's benchmark wine. Year in and year out the quality is outstanding. This vintage is no exception. Excellent nose of dark berries and toast. The palate is fresh and alive with an excellent balance of acidity and fruit. Notes of bacon fat, boysenberries and blueberry with a nice toasty edge on the back of the palate, and a wonderful finish that lingers for some time. This wine drinks very nicely now, but shows potential to improve over the next 5 to 10 years. This syrah ranks up there with some of the best out of Washington for under forty bucks.  91 points