Wall Street Journal Washington Syrah Case
Winery: Avalon WineWall Street Journal on WA Syrah: "As a group, these are the most exciting red wines being made in America today"
$349.95
Contains:
1 - Dunham 04 $45.99
1 - Owen Roe Lady Rosa 06 $44.99
2 - L'Ecole #41 7 Hills 05 $36.95
2- Gramercy Lagniappe 06 $34.95
2- Trust Syrah 06 $29.95
2 - Dominio IV Uncaged 06 $29.95
2- Grochau 06 $20.95
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Wall Street Journal's Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher published their Dow Jones Washington Syrah Index last Saturday.
The Walla Street Journal lauded Washington Syrah:
"As a group, these are the most exciting red wines being made in America today.....we were, quite simply, blown away. When these wines got it right, they were intense experiences, with purple-black color; massive, tightly wound fruit; hints of all kinds of herbs; great acidity; a dark core of fruit that, more than once, made us think of crushed coal; and a genuine sense of excitement. While they obviously had something in common with the Syrah-based wines of the Rhone, they were different, with more of a sense of stretching and yearning."
"Comparing a huge American wine to elegant first-growth Bordeaux is high and unusual praise indeed. It turned out that No. 1 was from Owen Roe, an Oregon-based winery that also makes excellent Pinot Noir, and No. 2 -- which we rated a rare Delicious! -- was once again Dunham Cellars, this time the 2004 (the winery said it made 1,686 cases that were distributed in 20 states, plus Tokyo and Ontario). David O'Reilly, the co-owner and winemaker at Owen Roe, says his wine is made "from very low-yielding vineyards in the Columbia Valley with sparse, rocky soils. That explains why the wine has both density and acidity." Density and acidity -- that seems to us like a pretty apt description of many of these wines.
"The vitality of Washington Syrah is an exciting development in American wine and, if you're ready for a wine that's a little risky, this is for you."
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