2008 Wavelength Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard

(a 50/50 blend of syrah and cabernet franc from a cool site): Good full medium ruby. Very reticent nose hints at blueberry, kirsch, licorice and violet, plus a whiff of smoked meat. Dense but pliant, even if the black fruit flavors are a bit youthfully stunted. Very ripe and broad but the tannins are a bit dusty and dry. Today this doesn't yet come alive, but it would appear to have all the elements to make a very good bottle.