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Wine Details
Price:
$22.00 per bottle
Description:
We are most fortunate to have had great Syrah to deal with from the first harvest in 1994. Once again the Syrah comes entirely from the Thompson Vineyard in Los Alamos. The south facing hillside location along with low tonnage produced grapes of excellent concentration, robust, dark crimson color, and equally rich flavors. We used our usual protocol for reds: cold soaked the fruit for 24 hours prior to an open top fermentation for 28 days, and employed “delestage”, a process that aerates the red grape juice must, which in turn, optimizes the aromatics, flavor and texture. The Syrah was put to barrel to age for 20 months, 25% new oak. The wine is intense with a generous fruit character suggesting blackberry, mulberry, and Oriental spices. Its rich, lush quality, smoky, berry bouquet is joined on the palate by a touch of to asty oak. This big, juicy wine is well matched with red meats and any hearty cuisine.
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