RockBlock Syrah
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Rockblock Syrah Seven Hills 03
Price: $42.95
$38.66 - Any 12 bottles
- regular size (375 or 750 ml)
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From the winery: "Initial aromas of cedar, barrel toast and freshly ground coffee lead the way to intense blackberry, cassis, dark plum, black pepper, vanilla and anise. The palate is rich and round with initial flavors of anise, blackberry preserves...read more
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Rockblock Syrah Del Rio 02
Price: $42.95
$38.66 - Any 12 bottles
- regular size (375 or 750 ml)
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From the winery:
"Deep and dark aromas of black cherry, dried fig, licorice, graphite, mineral, clove and allspice. Intense palate of black fruits, anise, plum, with ample ripe tannins."...read more
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RockBlock Syrah
In
November of 2001, one of Oregon's premium Pinot Noir producers, Domaine
Serene Vineyards and Winery, introduced the first release from its
Rockblock Syrah label, a 1999 single vineyard Syrah.
Rockblock Cellars is the collaborative
result of Domaine Serene’s owners, Ken and Grace Evenstad and their
winemaker, Tony Rynders to craft single vineyard Oregon Syrah. As
with the Domaine Serene Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines, Rockblock
Syrah will produce distinctive wines of concentration, and purity
of varietal character. Rockblock wines will incorporate fruit from
the Seven Hills Vineyard in the Walla Walla Valley appellation of
eastern Oregon and the Del Rio Vineyard in the Rogue Valley appellation
of southern Oregon. The Rockblock name denotes the rocky soils found
in some vineyards of eastern and southern Oregon appellations.
The 1999 release is of the single-vineyard
bottling is 100 percent Syrah and is comprised of fruit from the
Seven Hills Vineyard located on the Oregon side of the Walla Walla
Valley appellation in northeastern Oregon.
 “We
selected vineyard sites that produce wines of depth and complexity
that truly rival top Rhone wines, such as those from Hermitage
and Côte Rotie,” says Domaine Serene owner Ken Evenstad. “With
careful vineyard management, l ow crop yields
and small-lot vinification, these wines are quite concentrated
and
distinctive,” he added.
Winemaker Tony Rynders points out that
the diversity of climates and growing regions in Oregon are perfectly
suited to the expressive nature of this varietal.
“The goal of the Rockblock Syrah brand
is to make distinctive Oregon Syrah which displays both power and
finesse in the glass,” Rynders says. Our focus is to highlight Syrah’s
ability to express the terroir found in the diverse growing regions
of Oregon, through single vineyard bottlings.”
The 1999 Rockblock Syrah yielded 270 cases.
The 2000 release consists of two single-vineyard bottlings: 365 cases
from the Seven Hills Vineyard in the Walla Walla appellation in northeast
Oregon and 365 cases from the Del Rio Vineyard in the Rogue Valley
appellation in southern Oregon.
Rockblock Syrah is produced in the
recently completed, state-of-the art winemaking facility atop the
Red Hills
of Dundee, Oregon. The five-level, gravity flow building was designed
to accommodate the winery’s desire to produce wines with minimal
intervention from vineyard to bottle, in order to maximize wine quality.
Great Wines begin with Great Vineyards
The diversity of climates and growing
regions in Oregon are perfectly suited to the expressive nature of
Syrah. Rockblock's focus is to highlight Syrah's ability to express
the terroir found in the diverse growing regions of Oregon, through
single vineyard bottlings.
 Del
Rio Vineyard
Located in the Rogue Valley appellation
in southern Oregon, about five miles from Medford, this vineyard
produces a dark, extracted and complex style Syrah.
Soil: Rocky clay loam
Slope: South and West
Elevation: 1100 to 1300 feet
Clone: Noir clone on 5C and 101-14 rootstocks
Growing conditions: Hot summer days and
cool evenings, high elevation. |
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