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Jenise wrote:Syrahs I like better? I'm crazy in love with Reynvaan at a similar price point, and for a lot less I've liked Amavi, Saviah, Trust, Watermill and Dunham. Maison Bleue's in there too somewhere though I'm not sure of the price.
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Bruce K wrote:Jenise wrote:Syrahs I like better? I'm crazy in love with Reynvaan at a similar price point, and for a lot less I've liked Amavi, Saviah, Trust, Watermill and Dunham. Maison Bleue's in there too somewhere though I'm not sure of the price.
Jenise, as noted in my post on the other thread, I'm guessing you'll find the syrahs from Gramercy, Kerloo and Rotie (Northern Blend) similarly attractive. I think Amavi's syrah is the best value there is in WW. I like Saviah and Watermill, too. Tasted a Reynvaan in the Rocks once and was blown away, but price and accessibility have otherwise deterred me. (Haven't tasted Trust or Dunham.) Other syrahs I think are well worth trying if you travel to WW include Waters, which has some beautiful single vineyard bottlings (now owned by Tero -- you can try them at Tero's tasting room downtown or at Waters south of town), Balboa, Fjellene (though I heard a rumor they may be defunct), and Buty (if you count Rediviva of the Stones, which is part Cab -- though they changed winemakers recently). Another place worth visiting is Morrison Lane because the owner's a hoot and because they lean to the unusual (nebbiolo, carmenere, counoise, barbera, etc.)
I find it especially fascinating to taste the difference in the syrahs -- which I think is overall the AVA's most promising grape -- between those from vineyards in the rocks area (e.g., Reynvaan, Cayuse/No Girls, Buty) and those grown in higher elevation, loess-based vineyards like les Collines (e.g., Gramercy, Kerloo, Amavi). To oversimplify, it's intensity/earthiness vs. aromatics/elegance. Two very distinctive terroirs just 5-10 miles apart. Also, an advantage of going and tasting now is that 2010 and 2011 -- the bottlings most likely to be available -- were cooler than average vintages, which for me is a good thing.
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