Bott KAMAKA Syrah Terroir de Seyssuel IGP Collines Rhodaniennes 2021 (750ml) *

Seyssuel sits at the northern edge of the Rhône's Syrah country, a hillside zone just outside the appellation boundaries that bottles its reds under the IGP Collines Rhodaniennes. This is the KAMAKA cuvée from Bott, a 2021 Syrah made in that cooler, savory northern idiom where the grape leans as much toward pepper and cured meat as toward fruit.

The color is deep and glinting, almost purple, and the nose opens bright and floral on red and blue fruit before turning toward olive, bacon fat, and cracked black pepper as it airs. The palate is generous and juicy, all sweet cherry and blueberry laced with spicecake, allspice, and licorice, with a smoky mineral undertow. It closes long and still youthfully chewy, the tannins gripping and the spice ringing on well after the fruit.