Bonny Doon Vineyard Le Pousseur Syrah

Notes - Great syrah is all about perfume and the tension between the wild and the refined. 2005 was a coolish year, one of elegance and restraint, and the ’05 is extremely refined; the wine (upon decanting) has an especially seductive perfume. The signifiers of vrai syrah: bacon fat is well in evidence, as is the scent of licorice, anise, wintergreen, violet and spicy elements – white pepper, most notably, juniper, cardamom and sandalwood. The texture is particularly noteworthy, with melted, creamy tannins and a very silky finish. Syrah for Le Pousseur comes from various vineyards - the coolest vineyard, Bien Nacido X Block in Santa Maria, graced with lovely limestone soils, gives an aromatically vivid syrah, the most peppery and gamey of the bunch. Chequera Vineyard, on the cooler west side of Paso Robles, is the most powerful, providing great structure and acidity. Gimelli Vineyard, from the Cienega Valley of San Benito County, brings deep color and smokey notes to the nose. Ca’ del Solo Vineyard, from Bonny Doon's Estate, ontributes its own stony riverbed minerality to this remarkable cuvée.
 
     

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