Lakeview Cellars Syrah/Cabernet 2012

This is a very drinkable wine that carries its weight easily. As you'd expect from a Niagara 2012 red, the fruit is ripe and well concentrated, and there's a good degree of complexity. It's fairly round and even a little fleshy, and the acid comes through clean and fresh. The tannins are easy-going, the finish is spicy and fruit-dominant, and there's an overall attractive lightness in tension with the concentration of the fruit. It's drinking nicely now and I recommend a drinking through to 2017. Score - 4 Stars (out of 5). (Rod Phillips, rodphillipsonwine.com, Dec. 4, 2014)