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| Drinking window: Drink between 2009 and 2018 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.9 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by RGCM Gananda on 7/20/2013 & rated 91 points: Earth, stone and tobacco on the nose. Full bodied wine, but very rich and smooth. Spices, tobacco and blackfruit flavors. Tannins are totally integrated at this point which leads to a very fine finish. This wine is at peak and drinking wonderfully now. (1394 views) | | | Tasted by Leomania on 11/20/2012 & rated 91 points: Unbelievable how different this bottle is than the first one. Poured through Vinturi then gave it some open time. Black and blue fruit, mocha and cola with some herbaceous notes. Great depth, nice long finish. (1533 views) | | | Tasted by BSZach1 on 11/4/2012 & rated 84 points: It was good but I wouldn't be running back for more. I think it was a little too heavy for me. (1544 views) | | | Tasted by Leomania on 12/17/2011 & rated 84 points: This is a most unusual Syrah. Both on the nose and in the mouth, it has a strange set of smells/flavors - earth, leather, mushroom, green olive. Most notable for me was the sense of drinking a dirty martini, both from a flavor and an apparent saltiness. There was something enjoyable about the experience, but it's still a "don't like" - I wanted some berry flavors to present themselves, but if they're there it's nigh on impossible to detect through the other funky elements. (2085 views) | | | Tasted by Gestalted on 2/18/2011 & rated 93 points: This is a very unique Syrah. Very potent nose, very weighty, thick and concentrated but enough acidity and tannins to keep it well structured. What's interesting about this particular wine is that it has very little fruit to it. It's an intense mix of herbs, pepper, charcoal, oak, and licorice. Almost no trace of fruit juiciness to it. Over the last couple years, it has rounded out a bit but it's still a burly wine. Highly recommended for fellow Syrah geeks. Fans of Shafer Relentless will appreciate this one.
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Consumed at at cellar temp: 60°-65° F. Friends don't let friends drink red wine at room temp! (2662 views) | | | Tasted by gsglen on 4/19/2010 & rated 88 points: Very good. smooth and well integrated. (1905 views) | | | Tasted by Philly-O on 10/26/2008 & rated 87 points: BIG! Drank too soon. (1848 views) |
| Saxon-Brown Producer website
Founded in 1997 by winemaker Jeff Gaffner, the winery's cornerstone is its 100-year-old Casa Santinamaria Vineyard in Sonoma, a "field blend" vineyard that, at a half ton an acre, defines "low-yielding". Old vine Zinfandel (with its field-mates Petite Sirah, Carignane, Alicante Bouschet and Mataro) and Semillon come from this historic parcel. Pinot Noir and Syrah are sourced from small vineyards throughout Sonoma County. Total production is fewer than 2,000 cases, allowing Jeff to fulfill his mantra: "Winemaking must consume you, or your wines may not be worth consuming." 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. Parmelee-HillPlanted in 1996 in south west Sonoma Valley, is owned and farmed by Steve Hill and his wife Gwen. This is the same Steve Hill who manages the famed Durell Vineyard, right next door. In some cases fruit is designated from Camp Block, a 1.5 acre parcel that sits on the edge of a hill near the family's camp site. Here, the Durell selection is planted on S04 Rootstock in clay loam (red/brown) soils.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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