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 Vintage2008 Label 1 of 14 
(NOTE: Label borrowed from 2009 vintage.)
TypeRed
ProducerWilson Winery (web)
VarietySyrah
DesignationEstate
VineyardDorothy's Vineyard
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionSonoma County
AppellationDry Creek Valley
UPC Code(s)898393002073

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2016 (based on 27 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by jerseycj on 2/9/2013 & rated 88 points: Tasted side by side with the 2007. Significantly less body with the 08 with lighter fruit. (938 views)
 Tasted by kevinws on 2/3/2013 & rated 91 points: Nice Syrah, Deep red in color, berries on the nose, continuing through the palette with some tin on the finish. Drinking well now, not too much potential upside. (764 views)

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Wilson Winery

Producer website
We are a small family owned and operated winery in the heart of Dry Creek Valley. Our wines are handcrafted in small lots from our own vineyards on the hillsides and mountains above Dry Creek.

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.

Estate

In the United States, "Wines with “estate bottled” designations must: a) also designate an appellation of origin or an AVA, and both the vineyards and the winery must be located there; b) the grapes must come from vineyards owned or controlled by the winery; and c) the wine must have been produced, from crush to bottle, in a continuous process without leaving the winery’s premises."

- WINE LABEL FAQS: A QUICK SUMMARY OF LABEL DESIGNATION RULES" by David E. Stoll

USA

American 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.

California

2021 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 County

Mendocino County

Dry Creek Valley

Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article

 
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