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| Drinking window: Drink between 2006 and 2012 (based on 13 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by klezman on 1/25/2014: Yum. Went very well with lamb leg. In a great spot. Plenty of earth but still some fruit remaining. (1937 views) | | | Tasted by klezman on 2/24/2013: On pop and pour, the aroma is largely leathery with some underlying blackberry or plum. Flavours are tight berry with loads of tea and spice, great acidity, tannins are there but largely resolved. So far a great bottle, deep and brooding.
With half an hour of air or so there is a bit more fruit coming out - dark profile. The tannin is also making itself felt.
Another hour later it's gotten seemingly lighter. The flavour profile hasn't really changed but the weight has. Great wine, plenty of time left but drinking well now. (1427 views) | | | Tasted by tate491 on 6/14/2012: Purple core, lightening at the edges. Wild game, black fruits, herbs, and a bit of menthol on the nose. Smoked meats, leather, menthol, black fruits on the palate. Ample acidity, especially for a Cali syrah. The fruit shows great precision and focus, that is very well framed by the tannins, which have softened with age and integrated very well. The age has definitely added an element of complexity. Very good wine indeed. (1148 views) |
| 2002 Wellington Syrah Sonoma Valley2002 Sonoma Valley Syrah
Alcohol: 13.9%
pH: 3.75
Composition: 97% Syrah, 3% Merlot
Production: 773 cases
Release date: October 1, 2005
The aroma is quite intense, with deep blackberry and raspberry fruit, violets, pepper, a hint of chocolate and that smoky, gamy, bacony character so unique to Syrah. The entry is soft and full, the mid-palate very fruity, yet dry, and the finish moderately long with soft tannins and lingering fruit.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. 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma ValleySonoma County, California, is one of the most important winegrowing regions in the whole of the United States. Vines have been planted here since the 1850s and, apart from the inevitable hiatus brought about by Prohibition, the county's relationship with wine has been prolific and unbroken.
Viticulturally speaking, Sonoma County is divided into three distinct sections: Sonoma Valley, Northern Sonoma and Sonoma Coast. Each of these has its own AVA title and encompasses several sub-AVAs within its boundaries. |
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