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#syrah

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Mark Squires

20th anniversary of this...call it a holiday wine. Perfect for grilling.

Probably not intended to be a 20-year, but here we are. It's doing great, good years left. Juicy on the finish, there's still some grip too, plus pepper and a lot of that Syrah game. It's a fine performance with freshness for those who like Syrah with depth and character. Delicious, especially a little cool. 14.5%. Only $35 back then.

Inaugural bottle opened with my new Le Creuset screwpull. :) #wine #mendocino #syrah

2005 Eaglepoint Ranch Syrah from Copain, Mendocino, behind the Le Creuset that opened it. ;)
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Mark Squires

Big Boy Syrah! 15.8%, warm year (2003), but it has some merits--big meaty flavors with a blueberry-vanilla tinge,rich fruit and some backbone. But also, a too-sweet edge I didn't much like, a one-dimensional fruit-bomb style I wouldn't buy these days.

This 2003 held decently. It could use drinking, but it hasn't cracked much, if at all. Age is not the big issue. Then, $50s, now over $100. #syrah #ednavalley #wine

2003 Alban Reva Syrah
Back label for Alban Syrah, first American wine exclusively for Rhone Varieties, it says
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Markus Wine Co.

Our morning pick of Berghold Vineyards Syrah looking very good. We've got a solid hardworking crew this year. Here they fill thick cardboard shipping boxes right in the vineyard used to ship to wineries throughout the country. In this case our client requested whole clusters. We also crush or press. The boxes are lined with a thick plastic bag then sealed. A lid is strapped on then it's into our chiller to get ready for a refrigerated truck. The white plastic tube is used to keep space open in the center for dry ice to jump start the cooling.

@Visit_Lodi for @Lodi_Wine
#Lodi #Wine #Grape #Syrah

A vineyard worker faces away from camera on the left front of photo carrying a yellow bin on her head full of grape clusters. She is headed toward two large cardboard bins linked with plastic and almost full of grape clusters in the center of the photo. The bins are between rows of grape vines.
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Glen L Creasy

A great example of a girdle on the main axis of the rachis causing bunch stem necrosis - the berries at the far end of the cluster have not been able to develop normally because all phloem flow has been cut off - therefore, no sugar can enter the berries. Before the girdle the berries ripen normally.

Depending on when this happens, there can be a detrimental effect on wine, because the berries have low sugar/high acid.

Photo of a Syrah grape cluster held in a gloved hand. On the bottom two thirds of the cluster the berries are shrivelled and pink or green while above a ring of dead tissue on the rachis the berries look normal and deep blue
#Viticulture#BunchStemNecrosis#Grapes
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Mark Squires :orangewine:

This 2010 Syrah opened fat, a little flat and jammy, very ripe and unctuous on the finish, but with little focus. The alcohol showed a bit too. Much better the next day, it coated the palate with a wave of fruit and showed off power. I started liking this a lot more. A holiday treat. Then, about $150, 15.2% alc. #Wine #syrah

2010 Five Shooter Syrah from Sine Qua Non
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