2005 JC Cellars Rockpile Vineyard Syrah Haley's Reserve (93 Pts WS)
Product Description
Red and black fruits, with a mineral backbone are the hallmarks of this wine and appellation. A wine of great depth and concentration, Rockpile Vineyard Syrah exhibits extracted fruit character, spice box, wet stone, and smoky notes followed by JC Cellars signature supple mouthfeel.
This is the most powerful and intense wine to come from Rockpile Vineyard to date. We are now onto our fifth vintage of producing Syrah from this vineyard. Red and black fruits, with a mineral backbone are the hallmarks of this wine and appellation. A wine of great depth and concentration, Rockpile Vineyard Syrah exhibits extracted fruit character, spice box, wet stone, and smoky notes followed by JC Cellars signature supple mouthfeel. All clusters are hand-sorted upon arrival, de-stemmed into ½ ton open-top fermenters, punched down 5 times per day, and pressed directly into new burgundian French oak barrels.
James Laube, Wine Spectator: 93 pts Floral, dried berry, soy and sage aromas are rich and intense, with spicy, cedary oak and loads of blackberry and currant fruit that’s pure, focused and firmly structured. Drink now through 2012. 259 cases made.
This is the most powerful and intense wine to come from Rockpile Vineyard to date. We are now onto our fifth vintage of producing Syrah from this vineyard. Red and black fruits, with a mineral backbone are the hallmarks of this wine and appellation. A wine of great depth and concentration, Rockpile Vineyard Syrah exhibits extracted fruit character, spice box, wet stone, and smoky notes followed by JC Cellars signature supple mouthfeel. All clusters are hand-sorted upon arrival, de-stemmed into ½ ton open-top fermenters, punched down 5 times per day, and pressed directly into new burgundian French oak barrels.
James Laube, Wine Spectator: 93 pts Floral, dried berry, soy and sage aromas are rich and intense, with spicy, cedary oak and loads of blackberry and currant fruit that’s pure, focused and firmly structured. Drink now through 2012. 259 cases made.
