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WTN: Jaffurs Syrah BienNacido '07..(short/boring)

by TomHill » Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:43 pm

Tried this last night w/ dinner:
1. JaffursWnry Syrah BienNacidoVnyd/SBC (15.9%) 2007: Very dark/near black color; very intense peppery/cracked black pepper/cold-climate intense blackberry/Syrah/blueberry/boysenberry very spicy light toasty/charred/oak slight alcoholic complex beautiful nose; somewhat tart intense cracked black pepper/blackberry/Syrah/licorice/boysenberry very spicy slight root beer/RCCola complex flavor w/ light hard tannins; very long intense cracked black pepper/cold-climate very strong blackberry/Syrah/spicy/licorice/RCCola slightly tart finish w/ light firm/grippy tannins; can still use another 4-6 yrs; a terrific BienNacido Syrah.
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1. I've followed CraigJaffurs from the very start. I think the Jaffurs wines are at the top of their game right now, both the whites & the reds, particularly the Syrahs. This BienNacido displayed more cold-climate/cracked black pepper character then I've ever seen in a Jaffurs BN Syrah. A stunning SBC Syrah.
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Re: WTN: Jaffurs Syrah BienNacido '07..(short/boring)

by Brian K Miller » Tue Jun 17, 2014 1:09 pm

How can there still be cold climate character at 15.9% alcohol? Doesn't that mean picking at 28 brix or something?
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Well....

by TomHill » Tue Jun 17, 2014 1:56 pm

Brian K Miller wrote:How can there still be cold climate character at 15.9% alcohol? Doesn't that mean picking at 28 brix or something?


That cracked black pepper character is something I usually associate w/ cold-climate Syrah. It was definitely there.
They probably had to harvest in Nov to get the acid down (Jaffurs does not acidify) to palatable levels. Which means
pretty high sugar.
You could harvest Syrah out of Lodi in late Aug to get modest alcohol, but you wouldn't get the peppery character from there.
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Re: Well....

by Brian K Miller » Tue Jun 17, 2014 3:22 pm

TomHill wrote:
Brian K Miller wrote:How can there still be cold climate character at 15.9% alcohol? Doesn't that mean picking at 28 brix or something?


That cracked black pepper character is something I usually associate w/ cold-climate Syrah. It was definitely there.
They probably had to harvest in Nov to get the acid down (Jaffurs does not acidify) to palatable levels. Which means
pretty high sugar.
You could harvest Syrah out of Lodi in late Aug to get modest alcohol, but you wouldn't get the peppery character from there.
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Thanks, Tom. Makes sense (as always). :)

It's interesting that Copain's Mendocino blended wine (Tous Ensembles) claims around 12%. Now that was a cold year, but there was definitely a cool climate, Northern Rhonish character to the wine. Less "black pepper" though and more "plum skin".
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by TomHill » Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:25 pm

Brian K Miller wrote:
It's interesting that Copain's Mendocino blended wine (Tous Ensembles) claims around 12%. Now that was a cold year, but there was definitely a cool climate, Northern Rhonish character to the wine. Less "black pepper" though and more "plum skin".

Brian,
I would guess, in the case of the Copain, where the grapes probably came from down in the UkiahVlly, the Rhonish character was coming from Well's
use of whole-cluster fermentation. That often gives a Syrah a lot of Rhonish character. I have had some Syrahs from up in the AndersonVlly that also had
a very distinct cracked pepper character to them.
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