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Wine Details
Price:
$32.00 per bottle
Description:
The Horse Heaven Hills (H3) AVA is extremely hot, sun drenched, windswept and strewn with well drained sandy soils. It doesn’t sound like a recipe for anything but rattlesnakes, cactus and camels, but, damned if it isn’t one of the best syrah growing appellations in Washington State. And that my friends, would make it one of the best syrah growing microclimates in the world. If you have any compulsive qualities this wine should be drank with caution. It’s a mouthful of focused fruit starting with cherry and working its way through boysenberry to Grandma’s blackberry cobbler.
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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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