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Wine Details
Price:
$28.00 per bottle
Description:
The 2002 South Swell Syrah combines fruit from all our Santa Barbara vineyard sources: Thompson Vineyard, Stolpman Vineyard, Melville Vineyard, and Bien Nacido Vineyard fruit. Like our other syrahs, it is big, deeply colored stuff. Its fruit and pepper-spice flavors have smoothed. Its tannins are full. It shares the identical farming and winemaking techniques as our vineyard designated wines to produce a wine of great complexity and lower price. (limited - 112 cases produced)
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Varietal Definition
Syrah:
Syrah is the eight hundred pound gorilla of Rhone grapes! In the vineyard and the winery, Syrah is typically an easy grape to work with - healthy, early ripening, resistant to mildew and rot; suitable for winemaking in a variety of styles. The wines from Syrah are tannic without being harsh. The wines will have a taste and smell of dark blue fruit like blackberries and blackcurrant, with a strong spicy side where one can find freshly ground pepper and other spices. Syrah is famous for its part in the French blends, such as Côtes du Rhone and Châteauneuf du Pape.
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