It's hard to do Syrah well in Ontario and 2011 wasn't a vintage to make things any easier. But Muscedere is a favourite LENS winery and they do a decent job here. An interesting nose with dark fruit, meat, herbs, licorice, spice and graphite with similar notes on the palate. Oak is present with mocha/vanilla, but there's a certain liveliness from the medium plus acidity. Medium-full bodied, tannins are fine grained. Very good length. Oct. 2015.