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Cameron Hughes
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Great article about Cameron Hughes' business model
Vintage: 2005
Appellation: Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
Grape: 100% Syrah
Alcohol: 15.0%
Production: 700 cases
Drink/Hold: Now and through 2022
Release Date: June 2008
Taste: Tremendous fresh herbal and minty wintergreen aromas burst out of the glass. This concentrated, deep purple syrah is unique from most California fruit-bomb style Syrahs and is reflective of its rustic terroir. It has a substantial old vine character effortlessly blending chocolate, anise/fennel and spice with notes of blackberry and black currant all framed by vanilla notes from new American oak. As the taste lingers…and lingers, you will think to yourself, “Wow, that’s a fantastic wine!” It is scrumptious now and will reveal many surprises with some bottle age. Enjoy this full-bodied syrah with a juicy rack of lamb or New York steak!
Cameron Confidential: This wine comes to us as a stand-alone from another entrepreneurial guy in the business. Having just started up a custom crush facility he sold us some of the bottling blend to buy the glass, corks, capsules, etc he needed to bottle up his own wine. This is fantastic juice and we are happy to admit we paid above market pricing to get our hands on this stuff – its well worth it.
Great article about Cameron Hughes' business model
Vintage: 2005
Appellation: Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
Grape: 100% Syrah
Alcohol: 15.0%
Production: 700 cases
Drink/Hold: Now and through 2022
Release Date: June 2008
Taste: Tremendous fresh herbal and minty wintergreen aromas burst out of the glass. This concentrated, deep purple syrah is unique from most California fruit-bomb style Syrahs and is reflective of its rustic terroir. It has a substantial old vine character effortlessly blending chocolate, anise/fennel and spice with notes of blackberry and black currant all framed by vanilla notes from new American oak. As the taste lingers…and lingers, you will think to yourself, “Wow, that’s a fantastic wine!” It is scrumptious now and will reveal many surprises with some bottle age. Enjoy this full-bodied syrah with a juicy rack of lamb or New York steak!
Cameron Confidential: This wine comes to us as a stand-alone from another entrepreneurial guy in the business. Having just started up a custom crush facility he sold us some of the bottling blend to buy the glass, corks, capsules, etc he needed to bottle up his own wine. This is fantastic juice and we are happy to admit we paid above market pricing to get our hands on this stuff – its well worth it.