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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2017 (based on 33 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by denver_vinder on 11/19/2014 & rated 93 points: For a syrah wine quite light colour. Very nice nose with blackberries and cherries. Super, fleshy fruit with blackberries and cherries; rounded tannins. Nice balance and a long, straight aftertaste with lots of fruit. Definitely elements from a cool climate syrah with a lot of complexity. (1688 views) | | | Tasted by Dagalaifus on 7/16/2014 & rated 93 points: The wine is inky ruby with a wonderfully aromatic nose and flavors of blackberry, smoke, vanilla and earth. It has a lengthy, toasty oak and white-pepper-driven finish. While it is delicious now, I predict that it will improve with an additional 2-3 years in the cellar. To the extent the wine has received sub-90 scores, I suspect that it is because it is often compared (unfairly) with the more fruit-forward wines from Paso or the Santa Ynez Valley. While medium-bodied, there is real complexity, and even (I daresay) terroir to this splendid and reasonably priced (sub $30 per bottle) wine. The grapes are sourced from vineyards located in the cooler Santa Rita Hills and not surprisingly, the wine has a Northern Rhone flavor profile. (1679 views) | | | Tasted by beachdude8977 on 5/7/2014 & rated 90 points: Very good med body syrah.. def cooler climate syrah with nice spice and woody notes.. a bit of toast actually but very enjoyable! (1722 views) | | | Tasted by BigBoy_Sonoma on 4/26/2014 & rated 87 points: Black fruit, pepper, well balanced spice and acidity smokey oak B/B+ (1690 views) | | | Tasted by petermpls on 3/8/2014 & rated 89 points: Good with 5 spice duck and sweet potatoes. Drink now - no reason to wait. (1743 views) | | | Tasted by markcic on 9/7/2013 & rated 87 points: Nice dark color, nose of dark crushed fruit, medium body with fruit and spice on the palate, decent finish. (880 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, November/December 2013, IWC Issue #171
(Ampelos Cellars Syrah Gamma Ampelos Vineyards Sta. Rita Hills) Subscribe to see review text. |
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Producer 2016 vintage notesSyrah 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 Central Coasthttp://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
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