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| Drinking window: Drink between 2017 and 2023 (based on 2 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by CPSchoeff on 6/27/2021: Bennora Comes to Town! Many Syrahs are Had! (DeeCee): Reddish purple. Tangy red fruit, spice and mint on the nose. Decidedly red fruited and quite subtle in its profile which comes off almost tart. This is not like my last couple bottles that had more deep and dark red fruit. Definitely a pretty expression but less classic. (295 views) | | | Tasted by CPSchoeff on 1/8/2020 & rated 93 points: Deep dark red, somewhat opaque. A: meaty, gamey, very heavy pepper and iron. F: similar to the palate with deep, dark, savory, almost salty fruit. Intriguing and delicious wine, fair amount of complexity. Bumped up a notch as second day was similar but even more complete. Olive tapenade running through the palate. Really nice.
Prefer this feral expression a lot to the Perli syrah. But no surprise here, as I find just about all Valenti vineyard wines great (Drew, Phillips Hill -- Pinot, Syrah, and now Chardonnay too). (452 views) | | | Tasted by DeeDubWinos on 12/22/2018 & rated 91 points: Pretty, balanced, leather, summer herbs, dark bramble berry, cassis (450 views) |
| Witching Stick Producer websiteSyrah 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. 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 North CoastThe North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, covering more than three million acres, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and portions of Marin and Solano counties. (see The Wine Institute for more information) |
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