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2009 Anthill Farms Syrah Peters Vineyard
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2009 Peters Vineyard Syrah (Sebastopol, Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County)
Randy Peters and his father-in-law, Tom Mukaida, farm this vineyard outside of Sebastopol in western Sonoma County. The southern slopes of these hills form the northern edge of the Petaluma Gap, which rushes cool, marine air from the Pacific Ocean inland. These Syrah and Viognier vines, which Randy planted for us just a few years ago, occupy less than an acre at the lowest edge of this cool, foggy vineyard. The entire block produced about a half-ton of fruit.
This wine's nose exhibits pronounced resinous aromatics alongside a bouquet of morello cherry, violets, river stone, and meat. The midpalate is simultaneously powerful and weightless, with a tighter and more linear feel than the Campbell Ranch, though with the same lengthy fruit and minerally finish. In a strictly relative sense, this wine feels like the qualitative Hermitage to the Campbell Ranch's Côte-Rôtie, and both should age very successfully.
Randy Peters and his father-in-law, Tom Mukaida, farm this vineyard outside of Sebastopol in western Sonoma County. The southern slopes of these hills form the northern edge of the Petaluma Gap, which rushes cool, marine air from the Pacific Ocean inland. These Syrah and Viognier vines, which Randy planted for us just a few years ago, occupy less than an acre at the lowest edge of this cool, foggy vineyard. The entire block produced about a half-ton of fruit.
This wine's nose exhibits pronounced resinous aromatics alongside a bouquet of morello cherry, violets, river stone, and meat. The midpalate is simultaneously powerful and weightless, with a tighter and more linear feel than the Campbell Ranch, though with the same lengthy fruit and minerally finish. In a strictly relative sense, this wine feels like the qualitative Hermitage to the Campbell Ranch's Côte-Rôtie, and both should age very successfully.