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Svmma Varietalis
| Sue-Ma Vah-Re-eh-Tal-Ees |
“Svmma” is a Latin word commonly used to mean “addition” or “compendium” of knowledge, as this wine
captures the cumulative experience of two generations of the Falcó family. Svmma is 48 percent Syrah,
30 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, and 22 percent Petit Verdot from fifteen-to-forty-year-old vines, aged
for fourteen months in French oak between one and two years old. The wine is deep ruby red in color
with purple hues, with an elegant nose of pepper, clove, smoke, and dark berries. On the palate, it is rich
with soft tannins with a long, fruit-filled finish.
2013:
90 WA |
2008:
90 WA, 92 WE Editor’s Choice |
2007:
90 WA, 90 WE |
2006:
91 WA |
2005:
90
WA, 90 WE
Cabernet Sauvignon
This wine is 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon aged for twelve to fifteen months in new and second-
passage French oak. Exhibiting a deep purple color, the wine bursts from the glass with intense aromas
of black cherries, chocolate, and spices, with complex herbal and floral notes including lavender and
rosemary. On the palate, it expands to reveal a full body with outstanding depth of fruit. It is well
structured with round, soft tannins.
2013:
90 WA |
2011:
92 WE, 90 WS |
2010:
93 WS & Top 100 List
2014, 92 WE |
2008:
91 WE |
2007:
90
WE, 91 WS
| 2006:
91 WA
Syrah
This wine is 100 percent Syrah sourced from a pioneering single-variety vineyard planted in 1991. It is
aged for fourteen months in new and second-passage French oak. A dark purple color, it reveals complex
aromas of jammy blackberries, violets, cassis, and freshly ground white pepper. It has well-knit tannins
and good underlying acidity that provides vibrancy and a spectacularly rich and prolonged finish.
2013:
91 WA |
2011:
91 WE |
2006:
92 WA |
2005:
92 WA, 92 WS
Petit Verdot
This wine incredibly unique 100 percent Petit Verdot thought to be the first ever bottling of its kind,
sourced from a pioneering single-variety vineyard planted in 1992. It is aged for eighteen months in new
and second-passage French oak. This wine has a deep red color with complex aromas of flowers, ripe
black fruit, vanilla, licorice, spice, and freshly ground pepper. The palate exhibits rich balanced tannins,
excellent depth, and a beautifully concentrated and textured finish.
2012: 89 WA | 2011: 93 WS, 92 WE | 2010: 91 WE | 2007: 90 WS | 2006: 92 WA, 91 WS