Succulent, brawny, toasted.
While Rust Wine Co. is located on Golden Mile Drive, and is one of the handful of wineries allowed to use the designation Golden Mile sub-GI, they make three Syrahs, all unique and each colour coded to site along with a matching label and wax dip.
This version comes from Rustico's home Golden Mile vineyard comprised of a fluvial fan of gravelly clay and eroded mountain rocks, planted in 2002 at 300 MASL.
Of the three, this is the savoury one.
Full throttle succulent and brawny. Expect smoked meat, garrigue, black pepper, brown spices and chalky undertones. The palate opens up fresh and supple then grows firmer mid-palate. That savouriness is echoed in the mouth; peppery with roasted coffee and bitter chocolate flavours, which lead to a toasted finish. The tannins here are rougher and all in there's more texture on the palate.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - March 29th, 2021

Plush, slick, generous.
While the newly turned Rust Wine Co. (formerly Rustico Farm & Cellars owned by the colourful, Bruce Fuller) is located on Golden Mile Drive and is one of the handful of wineries allowed to use the designation, this wine comes the sandy soils of the Black Sage Bench and is housed in a heft bottle with a wax sealed cork.
Laden with white pepper and cocoa, smoked spices and leather aromas and buoyed by wild black berries and violets, this slick and supple red has generous ad juicy black berry and spice flavours. Plush and intense, yet fresh and alive.
©copyright 2018 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - December 12th, 2018

Supple, generous, opulent.
While the newly turned Rust Wine Co. (formerly Rustico Farm & Cellars owned by the colourful, Bruce Fuller) is located on Golden Mile Drive and is one of the handful of wineries allowed to use the designation Golden Mile Bench sub-GI, this wine comes from that bench.
Housed in a heft bottle with a wax sealed cork, this Zinfandel doles out blueberry and blackberries laced with cloves, chocolate and espresso. The palate echoes the nose; baking spices, vanilla liqueur and generous berry flavours dominate. It is supple and slick with nice balance and sweet tannins; it is also concentrated and persistent.
©copyright 2018 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - December 12th, 2018