Dry Stack Cellars Syrah Bennett Valley Marie's Block 2006

Winemaker's Notes:

2006 Dry Stack Cellars Syrah Maries Block Dry Stack Vineyard Bennett Valley Sonoma92pts: "Shows wonderful complexity, richness and depth, with deep, perfumed floral, lavender, wild berry, blackberry and spicy, leathery scents that provide a great range of flavor. Ends with a long, persistent finish. Drink now through 2014." - JLonly 300 cases producedThis wine was aged for 14 months in French oak and bottled unfiltered and unfined. If you plan on drinking this wine in 2008, we recommend double decanting 24 hours in advance. Here are the official tasting notes: "Inky purple/black in color with an impressive array of aromas including blackberry pie, espresso, acacia flower, crushed pepper, bacon fat and cigar box. The lush palate of blueberry, black raspberry, licorice, earth, and toasty oak continue to the intense and complex finish. A beautiful marriage of intense, yet balanced fruit, and a striking multi-layered finish"WINEMAKERRussell Bevan is one of the rising stars of the wine world and is currently making wine for his own label, Bevan Cellars, our label and Showket Vineyards in Napa Valley. His unparalleled passion for wines and winemaking has yielded a 90+ point score for all four of the Dry Stack wines released.DRY STACK VINEYARDLocated in Bennett Valley, one of the coldest AVAs in California, Dry Stack Vineyard was planted in 2001 with 5 clones of Syrah, 2 clones of Grenache, an Italian clone ofSauvignon Blanc and 2 clones of Roussanne. On the very edge of being too cool to ripen Syrah and Grenache, Bennett Valleys climate allows longer hang-time, enablingour fruit to fully mature and achieve physiologically ripeness without excessive heat. With buyers like Pax and DuMol, Dry Stack fruit has been in several bottlings thatscored over 90 points from both Parker and Wine Spectator.