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 Vintage2003 Label 1 of 11 
(NOTE: Label borrowed from 2006 vintage.)
TypeRed
ProducerCrystal Basin Cellars (web)
VarietySyrah
DesignationReserve
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionSierra Foothills
AppellationEl Dorado

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2005 and 2009 (based on 4 user opinions)

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Community Tasting Notes (average 86 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by mmyette on 10/31/2008 & rated 84 points: Pleasant, if a bit one dimensional. Nice wine, good berry fruit, and lots of oak. (987 views)
 Tasted by J-Sho on 8/16/2006 & rated 88 points: Nice bottle of wine. Fruit, vanilla, and salt water taffy on the nose. Good fruit on the palate with medium body and fine tannins. Moderate finish. (1196 views)

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Crystal Basin Cellars

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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.

Reserve

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USA

American 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.

California

2021 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

Sierra Foothills

Amador

El Dorado

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