92 points - Vinous - Josh Reynolds

"Bright ruby-red. Blackberry, cherry compote and spicecake on the nose, with suave floral character and a touch of white pepper. Youthfully taut, slightly bitter cherry and dark berry flavors gain sweetness and energy with air, picking up an exotic floral pastille quality and a hint of blood orange that builds on the back half. Finishes with firm grip, dusty tannins and lingering dark berry and spicecake flavors." -Josh Reynolds

95+ points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous

The 2012 Syrah - Turner Vineyard is perfectly aged and drinking beautifully. This wine is richly textured and tannins are well integrated, with notes of black pepper, green olive, smoked meat and chaparral. This wine will pair beautifully with meats off the grill and hearty vegetarian dishes. One of our club members favorite's in the Syrah lineup.

94 points - Vinous

"The 2012 Syrah Zotovich Vineyard is flat out  delicious. Inky blue an black fruit, lavender.mint, violets and sweet spices abound in an unusually exuberant wine from this site, where the sandy soils tend to yield more perfumed mid-weight wines.  Vibrant and pulsing with a real sense of evergy, the 2012 delivers superb precision in a pure, deeply expressive Syrah that will provide fabulous drinking over the better part of the next decade.  What a gorgeous wine this is." - Antonio Galloni

93 points - Vinous

Dark and inky, this perfectly aged Syrah still has a fruit profile of dark blackberries, cooked blueberries and prunes. With incredible depth and texture, this wine has high levels of soft and mature tannins and a long finish. 

94 points - Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate

A terrific wine, the 2013 Pinot Noir Cargasacchi Vineyard (aged 20 months in 50% new French oak) has tons of Burgundian-like forest floor, blackberry, raspberry, flowers and spice aromas and flavors that continue to change with time in the glass. Medium-bodied and nicely concentrated, with tons of sweet fruit and charm, it's already hard to resist, yet will keep nicely for a decade.  Drink 2016 - 2026. -Matt Brady, Winemaker

88 points - Wine Advocate

The 2013 Pinot Noir Turner Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills is an elegant, old world style wine, with sweet herbal aromatics, mushroom, smoked meat, bay leaf and umami notes all emerging from this earthy Pinot Noir.

94 points - Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate

"The inky colored 2013 Syrah Turner (50% stems and two years in neutral oak) is a classic cool climate Cali Syrah. Olive tapenade, game, smoked bacon, searing pepper and ripe dark fruits all emerge from this medium to full-bodied, nicely concentrated, textured, balanced and incredibly enjoyable effort. Like a lot of better 2013s, it will need short term cellaring to show at its best." -Jeb Dunnuck

92 points - The Wine Advocate

"Possessing more berry fruits, pepper, violets and hints of minerality, the 2013 Syrah Zotovich (100% stems and aged two years in neutral barrels) is medium to full-bodied, plump and layered, with beautiful ripeness and texture, as well as a fresh, lively style. This is another cool climate beauty from SAMsARA that readers shouldn’t miss." - Jeb Dunnuck, The Wine Advocate

94 points - Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate

"Violets, plums, incense and potpourri all emerge from the full-bodied, supple and downright sexy 2013 Syrah Melville Vineyard. Lifted, perfumed and complex, with no hard edges. Drink it anytime over the coming 7-8 years. This release saw one-third whole clusters and the standard two years in neutral barrels." -Jeb Dunnuck

94+ points - The Wine Advocate

Wild and savory aromatics typical of Cargassachi vineyard, with weight and pure fruit flavors on palate.  This complex wine has distinct ‘polarities’ (which I love!): soft/rich, yet structured and serious; savory/spicy up front, but pure and lush fruit on palate.  Interesting and really tasty.

95 points - Jeb Dunnuck

The Pinot Noir Rancho La Viña Vineyard is a stunning example of what this iconic vineyard can produce. Rose petal, quinine, sweet spices, blood orange and chalk give much of its unique, exotic personality. Lifted and gracious on the palate, striking depth throughout. The wine's structure is implied more than overtly stated.

95 points - EDITOR'S CHOICE - Wine Enthusiast

Rich, powerful and energetic, it hits the palate with layers of ink blue and purplish fruit, Swaths of equally intense tannins carry through to the midpalate and finish. Matt Brady, Winemaker

95 points - Jeb Dunnuck

Blackberry, peppery herbs, rocky minerality and ample gamey/olive notes in a ripe, medium to full-bodied, gorgeously textrued package. -Matt Brady, Winemaker

 94 points - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate

Violets, smoked meats, olives, herb de Provence, black berries and dark fruit, cassis, bacon, with sandy tannins, and a rich layered mouthfeel.  Impressively complex and built to last. -Matt Brady, Winemaker

94 points - The Wine Advocate

From a warm vintage, but a typically cold site this Pinot gives quintissential spicy aromatics, balanced with rich, ripe berries. This is why you age Pinot Noir, the textural, seamless mouthfeel is integrated and complex. The savoriness of the wine gives way to the fruit flavors on the finish. Ready to enjoy now. -Matt Brady, Winemaker

95 points - The Wine Enthusiast

Amazingly powerful and pure aromatics. Incredibly consistent with the previous 2014 vintage; this 2015 vintage just turns up the intensity and power dials and has more salinity and 'brininess'. White pepper for days!!! Black/cured olives, smoked meat, with tremendous flavor concentration with some fruit you can sink your teeth into on the palate. This wine will last forever, save some for the cellar!