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2021 Alban "Patrina - Estate" Edna Valley Syrah

2021 Alban "Patrina - Estate" Edna Valley Syrah

94JD
94VN
94WS
92RP
$59.95

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Jeb Dunnuck

Reviewed August 2024
The 2021 Patrina checks in as 90% Syrah and 10% Viognier that was bottled in March of 2024. It has a beautifully perfumed, complex, nuanced style in its darker berry-fruited, peppery, floral violet, and subtle orange blossom-like aromas and flavors. I love its overall balance, it has silky, polished tannins, and just a classic, seamless, incredibly impressive style. It’s a terrific introduction to the wines of this incredible estate.

Professional Reviews

94

Vinous

Review Date: 08/2025
The 2021 Patrina, the entry-level red wine in the Alban range, includes press fractions from the higher-end bottlings, though you'd never know. There's great roundness and impressively velvety tannins here, with pure, clear, inky berry fruit driving through the very long, creamy finish. This is so well integrated and graceful. Very Alban, all the way. (BN)

94

Wine Spectator

Review Date: 10/2023
Plump and polished, with sleekly layered black raspberry flavors that are accented by dark chocolate, savory meat and cracked pepper tones that sail on the long and savory finish. (TF)

92

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 07/2024
The 2021 Syrah Patrina includes 10% Viognier and was aged in 60% new French oak. The nose is dominated by black and purple fruits with additional nuances of charcoal dust, leather and dusty gravel playing supporting roles. The medium-bodied palate displays good freshness and easygoing fruit flavors flanked by savory tinges. The finish is charming and direct, with fine tannins that provide a subtle grip. While already quite approachable, this entryway into the Alban lineup will surely reward a few years in the cellar. (ML)

Notes

Founded in 1986, Alban Vineyards is owned and operated by the talented John Alban. Alban specializes in Rhone varietals. From the winery: "While the grapes for Patrina are raised with the same detail and attentiveness as the rest of our vineyards, and then fermented open top with indigenous yeast, gentle pump overs and a few punch downs once soft, it is bottled unfined and unfiltered after ‘just’ 22 months in barrel to preserve its youthful exuberance. All the density and concentration folks have come to expect from our reds with black and blue fruits, mineral notes, and flowers."

Details

TypeRed Wine
VarietalShiraz/Syrah
OriginCalifornia, United States
Bottle Size750 mL
SKU1736875