Syrah Streak!
Tonight we opened an old bottle of Syrah acquired from an auction back in 2003. Well, old from a New World perspective: 1999. This is probably the 4th wine in the last week or two that was Syrah or a blend that had Syrah in it. By the way, I mostly buy wines from auction to find rare under-priced wines of value, not expensive rare wines.
1999 The Ojai Vineyard Syrah, Bien Nacido Vineyard
Tonight we opened an old bottle of Syrah acquired from an auction back in 2003. Well, old from a New World perspective: 1999. This is probably the 4th wine in the last week or two that was Syrah or a blend that had Syrah in it. By the way, I mostly buy wines from auction to find rare under-priced wines of value, not expensive rare wines.
1999 The Ojai Vineyard Syrah, Bien Nacido Vineyard
USA, California, Central Coast
Santa Barbara County
Santa Maria Valley
In great shape for a New World Syrah from 1999! Decant for a minimum of 1.5 hours!
Color: Dark purple, red edges
Nose: Grapey at times, with white pepper and tar battling out. Dark chocolate and savory dark olives emerge defiantly after 2 hours!
Palate: Pepper, black fruits, some leather, tannins are still prevalent. After 2 hours cocoa mixes in with the aforementioned flavors.
Drink this now through 2011.
Cheers!
In great shape for a New World Syrah from 1999! Decant for a minimum of 1.5 hours!
Color: Dark purple, red edges
Nose: Grapey at times, with white pepper and tar battling out. Dark chocolate and savory dark olives emerge defiantly after 2 hours!
Palate: Pepper, black fruits, some leather, tannins are still prevalent. After 2 hours cocoa mixes in with the aforementioned flavors.
Drink this now through 2011.
Cheers!
I have tried this. We have it in one of our lcal stores here.
ReplyDeleteNice, yeah the Bien Nacido bottling and the Roll Ranch are standouts from this producer. If only more of it was on this side of the country!
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