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 Vintage2009 Label 1 of 7 
(NOTE: Label borrowed from 2008 vintage.)
TypeRed
ProducerBlair Fox (web)
VarietySyrah
Designationn/a
VineyardThompson Vineyard
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionCentral Coast
AppellationSanta Barbara County

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2019 (based on 8 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by BobMilton on 12/14/2013 & rated 92 points: Part of a Thompson Vineyard tasting and was one of my favorites. Really nice black fruits with enough earth and spice to support. (655 views)
 Tasted by Redguy on 2/16/2013: Tasted at The Garagiste Festival Southern Exposure. Excellent cool weather profile syrah... showed very well. Funky, brambly blackberry, anise flavors, with some savory characteristics. Good concentration, low/med acidity, and good intensity on the med length finish. 91-92 (979 views)

Professional 'Channels'
By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, November/December 2012, IWC Issue #165
(Blair Fox Cellars Syrah Thompson Vineyard Santa Barbara County) Subscribe to see review text.
By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Issue #12 (6/23/2012)
(Blair Fox Syrah Thompson Vineyard) Login and sign up and see review text.
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Blair Fox

Producer website

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.

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

Central Coast

http://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

Central Coast AVA Wikipedia

Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara County

 
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