This bacon-laced, umami-rich Syrah is why I love wine from high-altitude California vineyards
This bacon-laced, umami-rich Syrah is why I love wine from high-altitude California vineyards In the latest Wine of the Week, critic Esther Mobley recommends Halcón's delicious $32 Syrah FacebookTwitterEmail Welcome to Wine of the Week, a new series in which Chronicle wine critic Esther Mobley recommends a delicious bottle that you should be drinking right now. Last week, she every Wednesday. Syrah is a meat lover’s wine. When made in a certain style, it can seem to approach the pinnacle of deep, savory, umami-packed flavors: bacon fat, black pepper, salumi, olives. The trick of a truly ...