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| Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2029 (based on 86 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Coachron13 on 2/18/2024 & rated 94 points: Outstanding syrah. Definitely not hot or heavy regardless of the prior note. Slow ox for two hours, drank over next three, great the whole time. Very smooth. (586 views) | | | Tasted by scorbett on 4/27/2023: A little hot and heavy. Some savory elements are there, but they are marred by alcohol and oak at the moment. (995 views) | | | Tasted by PNIELSEN on 11/6/2022 & rated 96 points: MOOTSIE's note is right on the money. This drank fabulously over two nights without letting up in intensity. Just a beautifully balanced wine, with a fantastic nose. (967 views) | | | Tasted by Mootsie on 11/9/2021 & rated 95 points: Pepper, violets, smoke, tapenade, black raspberry. Classic Jaffurs’ Bien Nacido. 95-96. Perfectly balanced, big Syrah. (1571 views) |
| Jaffurs Producer website
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY | BALLARD CANYON AVA
Our Larner Vineyard Syrah is planted in deep, sandy soils over a layer of chalk. Co-fermented with a touch of Viognier and 70% whole-clusters, this wine effortlessly balances elegance and power. Blue and black fruits jump of the glass, and are supported by tar, pepper and graphite. The palate shows more blackberry, green olive and baking spice. Finishes with a long mineral-laden complexity. Expect this wine to develop and gain complexity over the coming decade, and age well into the next.
Syrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. Bien Nacido Vineyard Producer website
Bien Nacido Vineyard (wikipedia)
From Testarossa Winerey - Club Testarossa May 2013 notes:
Bien Nacido Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley
Testarossa has a long relationship with Santa Barbara County's famed Bien Nacido Vineyard. Rob and Diana have been purchasing Chardonnay from Bien Nacido since 1995. Bien Nacido is located in the cool climate Santa Maria Valley appellation, about an hour north of Santa Barbara.
Here, the close proximity to the Pacific Ocean creates a true region I climate - very cool, gentle conditions throughout the crucial summer and fall ripening seasons. An ideal situation for top-flight Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The vineyard traces its roots back to the year 1837 when a Spanish land grant of some two square leagues was made to Tomas Olivera by the then Governor of Alta California. In 1969, the Millers, a fifth generation California farming family, purchased the property. They also purchased an adjacent parcel which had been part of the original 1837 Spanish land grant and reunited the two as Rancho Tepusquet, now comprising over two thousand acres. The original adobe remains as one of the few privately maintained adobes in California. In the early 1970's, it became clear to the Millers that the soils and climate were ideal for growing grapes, and they moved quickly to realize the winegrowing potential of the estate. Today, Bien Nacido is one of Calilfornia's most recognized vineyard names. USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
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