Not 'Californian' enough

[Steve Lanum]

Maybe I have an odd sense of humor but I got a good laugh out of this Cellartracker tasting note:

2010 Arnot-Roberts Syrah 'Clary Ranch'
A well made wine but not our cup of tea. Could easily have been picked as a French wine if tasted blind.

 

[slaton]

Kind of like a low-brow version of a French Crozes-Hermitage?

 

[Ross Massey]

This wine is actually really good, but standard "California syrah" it is not. The vineyard is a stone's throw from the pacific ocean and totally isolated. In 2010, it was picked in November and almost didn't ripen. Austere even by the standards of "new California producers".

 

[Steve Edmunds]

CT's choice of language is priceless; thanks, Slaton for the sly reply!

 

[David Erickson]

Syrah Mix A Lot

 

[MarkS]

originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
CT's choice of language is priceless; thanks, Slaton for the sly reply!

Hey don't laugh: I thought a Rhys syrah tasted like a Crozes-Hermitage, and that was a complement!

 

[Florida Jim]

originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
CT's choice of language is priceless; thanks, Slaton for the sly reply!

'Wondered if you'd catch that - shoulda known.
Best, Jim