WINE ENTHUSIAST Editors Choice: 93 points

GOLD MEDAL WINNER
2008 North of the Gate Wine Competition Sonoma-Marin

2005 Syrah Handal Vineyard

Alexander Valley

A wine with the depth of quicksand. Overwhelming dark and focused plum, prune and black cherry. Happily sink into beautifully integrated huckleberry, boysenberry and rich dark chocolate. You won't need air, just more Syrah.

$38.00 per bottle SOLD OUT may we recommend our 2007 Syrah

WINEMAKING	Hand-harvested and fermented in eight-ton closed top fermentors with two daily pump overs. Aged in primarily Saury and Radeaux coopered new and neutral French oak barrels for 26 months.
COMPOSITION	98% Syrah, 2% Petite Sirah
ANALYSES	pH Acidity Alcohol	3.68 .661 grams/100 ml 15%
VINEYARD DETAILS	Soil profile:	The Mollisol soil series consists of abundant organic matter in the topsoil (33% clay) and subsurface (48% clay) layers . Both drainage and heat retention in this soil type are quite good, allowing for naturally balanced vine vigor in addition to physiological ripeness.
	Aspect:	West - facing flat
	Year planted:	1996
	Clone:	Teldeschi
	Rootstock:	110R
	Trellis:	VSP
PRODUCTION	350 cases, bottled on December 5th, 2007
CELLARING	Recommended cellaring time 2 to 8 years. Optimal storage temperature 55 - 65 F.
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