About This Wine:
Wine Profile:
| Vintage: | 2005 |
| Wine Type: | Medium Red Wine |
| Varietal: | Syrah |
| Appellation: | Calaveras County |
| Harvest Date: | October 17, 2005 |
| Sugar: | 26.8 brix |
| Acid: | .663 g/l |
| PH: | 3.82 |
| Aging: | 30 months in French Oak |
| Fermentation: | Cool |
| Bottling Date: | June 28, 2008 |
| Residual Sugar: | 0.0 |
| Tannin: | Moderate |
| Alcohol %: | 15.4 |
Tasting Notes:
The wine opens with aromas of black cherries, clove spice, and a bit of prosciutto. The fully rounded mouthfeel starts with Indian Mukhwas (candy coated fennel, anise, and sesame seeds) and moves into dense, concentrated blackberries and plum. The wine invokes images of a sultry Northern Rhone wrapped in velvet arm in arm with the brute force of a CA Syrah strapped in new chaps.
Ratings:
Unrated
Vineyard Notes:
The vineyard is situate at 2000 feet elevation in the Sierra foothills.
Rocky, south facing slope with great drainage and long sun exposure. Hot days and cool nights. These are ideal climate and soil conditions for the Syrah grape.
Production Notes:
Growers, Dick and Ron Tanner and their families tend their vineyard and know each micro-climate intimatelly.
Food Pairing:
Try this Syrah with roast pork, lamb, wild boar, duck, dark chocolate and fine cigars.
Production:
297 cases
Other Notes:
2005 Syrah released August, 2008
