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  • Country ranking ?

    384
  • Producer ranking ?

    72
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Red meat dishes with robust and concentrated flavours.

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The Story

From low yielding clonal selections originating in the Cote-Rotie and Hermitage regions of France, the IX Estate Syrah is characterized by the Old World aromatics of the Northern Rhone and a remarkably nuanced bouquet of cured meat, pepper, blackberry, coffee and acacia, graced with a black floral uplift. Its voluptuous texture, savory palate with mouthwatering tannins, and dense black color is truly irresistible, smooth and expressive. Consid...

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Wine Information

The 2008 vintage was shaped by the La Nina weather pattern. We experienced just 60% of our average rainfall in the Napa Valley, and most of that rain came in the winter time and tapered off in mid March. Because of the dry spring, the dry soils prompted the vines to push their growth earlier than usual. This would set the stage for the remainder of the season.

With a dry spring, vines naturally produced less fruit than average during bloom ...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Deep, Ruby red and Clear

ending

Long, Round and Flavorful

flavors

Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Vanilla, Toasty and Tobacco

nose

Youthful, Ripe and Seductive

taste

Average in Acidity, Medium tannin, Youthful, Medium-bodied, Round, Harmonious, Focused and Silky tannins

Written Notes

The Colgin Syrah is vinified from four separate one acre parcels at IX Estate each with its own site specific attributes. All four plots have a different clone and rootstock combination along with soil changes which create four distinctive components. To craft the most complex final blend, we ferment and age all lots separately, selecting only the finest barrels. Fermentation and maceration resulted in an average vatting time of 30 to 35 days. After 19 months of barrel ageing this Syrah was bottled in May 2010 without fining or filtration.

 

One word comes to mind as I taste the 2008 "IX Estate" Syrah before its release: perfume. This vintage of our syrah boasts some of the most feminine and exotic aromas we've ever had in this wine. Effusive notes of violets, talc and jasmine tea mingle in the glass, along with a very savory note of the classic bacon fat and cured meats. A beautiful aroma of tangerine rind lingers also on the nose. On the palate, the texture is both silky and unctuous. Despite its full bodied flavor, the wine possesses great elegance. With a long decantation, the wine can be enjoyed in the next few years, but will evolve and gain complexity for at least 10 years.

We released 300 cases of the 2008 Colgin "IX Estate" Syrah in November 2011.

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Origin

St. Helena, Napa Valley

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h

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