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| Drinking window: Drink between 2010 and 2014 (based on 5 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by imissjerry on 6/12/2017 & rated 91 points: This wine aged so beautifully I am mad I opened it! LOL Rich dark plum, dusted cocoa, blueberry pie filling, dusty leather all present. For an 11 year old syrah, this had so much life it could have easily rested another 5-8 years! I want more! (603 views) | | | Tasted by imissjerry on 5/25/2015 & rated 92 points: You know how sometimes you get mad you opened a bottle? Not because it wasn't good but because it was SO good that you wish you had it back. Well I am glad I have one more of these! This wine was stunning! It had evolved into an amazing expression of central coast syrah. Exactly what it should be!. Dark rich deep fruit, blueberry pie filling, plums dipped in chocolate. a dust of cocoa powder. sweet soft tannins that held this beauty together for quite some time. It it absolutely drinking as well as I believe it will. As a lover of Syrah, especially with some age on it, this small production gem was excellent! (758 views) | | | Tasted by samiamx_1999 on 11/25/2012 & rated 91 points: Peaking. Abundant red fruit on the nose and palate, some white pepper. Drink now though. (1234 views) | | | Tasted by samiamx_1999 on 12/4/2011 & rated 90 points: Drinking beautifully right now. (1438 views) | | | Tasted by Rich S on 9/4/2011 & rated 90 points: Dark purple color. Big nose at first of dark fruit, black pepper and a lot of oak but it eventually mellowed out a bit as it opened up. Not overly complex but hits all the right points for a Cali syrah. Dark black/blue fruit, pepper, a little smoke and some vanilla oak flavors on the back end. Strong acid keeps it interesting though. Nice syrah but not a good qpr at the price I paid. (1675 views) | | | Tasted by Jboyce84 on 2/24/2011 flawed bottle: Spoiled. (1544 views) | | | Tasted by Jboyce84 on 2/14/2011 flawed bottle: Spoiled. (1383 views) | | | Tasted by tooch on 1/10/2010 & rated 88 points: Afternoon at The Winery Collective (Winery Collective - San Francisco): Full bodied nose of candied plums and cherry. Had a distinct hazelnut and mocha component to the wine…and overall was very dense. (1559 views) | | | Tasted by David S on 6/15/2008: a nice syrah but I think for the price there are better (1140 views) | | | Tasted by Paul Lin on 3/18/2008 & rated 88 points: Family Winemakers of California (Pasadena, CA): Candied notes of blue fruits and vanilla with some pink peppercorns on the finish. (2775 views) |
| VIE Winery Producer websiteSyrah 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 Napa / SonomaSONOMA: The Yorkville Highlands AVA, approved in 1998, is located in the southwestern corner of Mendocino County, between Sonoma County's Alexander Valley to the South and Mendocino County!s Anderson Valley to the North. The region is 25 miles long, roughly in the shape of rectangle and bisected by Highway 128 which runs the length of the AVA. The region!s terrain is hilly and forested, with elevations ranging from 1,078 to 2,442 feet above sea level.
The distinguishing features of the Yorkville Highlands AVA are rocky soils with a high gravel content and the climate, which is cooler than Alexander Valley but warmer than Anderson Valley, and significantly cooler at night than the surrounding areas.CarnerosStraddles the southern ends of Napa & Sonoma Counties. |
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