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Syrah Rockpile Haley Rockpile Vineyard 2009

93 points | $60 | 100 cases made | Red

Tight, firm, intense and concentrated, this is slow to unfold but does so with depth, focus and complexity, targeting mineral, dried berry, wild berry, blackberry, underbrush and cedar flavors, with ripe, chewy tannins. Drink now through 2022.—J.L.

 

Zinfandel Alexander Valley St. Peter’s Church Vineyard 2009

92 points | $45 | 370 cases made | Red

Distinctive and loaded with personality, with wild berry and white pepper aromas and complex, slightly rustic blackberry, smoky licorice and sage flavors that finish with briary tannins. Drink now through 2017.—T.F.

 

Zinfandel Paso Robles Dusi Vineyard 2009

92 points | $35 | 250 cases made | Red

A complete package, this is ripe and briary, but also complex and focused. Aromas of smoky sage and black cherry lead to lively flavors of blackberry and spicy anise that show a hint of caramel. Drink now through 2017.—T.F.

 

Misc. Stuff California 2009

94 points | $45 | 252 cases made | Red

Tight, firm and focused, with a riveting mix of pepper and spice, this offers great depth and complexity while remaining light on its feet, with an impressive finish, where the flavors gain a minerally edge. Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. Drink now through 2020.

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2000 California Cuvée Syrah

"Every year we at JC Cellars we are given an opportunity to blend wines from mostly younger plantings of our various vineyards throughout the state. This is a wine for the table."  - Jeff Cohn

Tasting Notes

A special blend of Syrah from vineyards located in many of the top Syrah producing regions of California. A dark plum color with aromatics and flavors of black fruits, white pepper, smoked game, cassis and cinnamon.

Varietals: 90% Syrah, 10% Petite Syrah
Alcohol: 14.2%
Production: 125 cases

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2006 JC Cellars California Cuvee Syrah ($25) A utility infielder, this full-bodied Syrah from winemaker Jeff Cohn has the dark fruit and body to take on grilled meats and most tomato-based sauces, as long as the sauce's chile heat doesn't burn down the barn. Cohn - who began his wine career with Kent Rosenblum at Rosenblum Cellars - left in 2006 to focus on his Oakland winery. This is blended from multiple vineyards and appellations, resulting in a deep, rich California-style Syrah. Ripe aromas and flavors of blackberry, loam and pepper with generous lashings of oak. Includes 21 percent Petite Sirah.
It offers plenty of meaty, peppery notes with hints of smoke and spice. Soft, fleshy, medium to full-bodied, and seductive, it should be enjoyed over the next several years.
This Syrah offers a sweet perfume of blackberries and flowers followed by a medium to full-bodied, tannic, gutsy, robust wine with impressive purity. This mouth filling, tasty introduction to JC Cellars' style should drink nicely for 5-6 years.
This wine (primarily Syrah with a dollop of Viognier as well as Roussanne) exhibits a dense ruby/purple color as well as a big meaty nose of white chocolate, flowers, vanilla, blackberries, and licorice. Full-bodied and chewy, with supple tannin, and a long finish, it should drink well for 5-7years.
The opaque purple-colored 2000 Syrah California offers copious quantities of blackberry liqueur-like fruit, good purity, a layered opulent, luscious mouth-feel, low acidity, and sweet tannin. Enjoy it over the next 5-6 years.
Dark purplish ruby color; attractive, intense, jammy, peppery, blackberry and black cherry fruit aroma; full body; big dense, very highly concentrated, jammy, very ripe berry fruit flavors with notes of green peppercorn and a slightly sweet palate impression; full tannin; lingering aftertaste. This big wine shows very highly extracted fruit and is appealing to taste now though deserves several more years of bottle aging. Very highly recommended.