OUR WINE
Our wine is personally attended to by award winning winemaker, Mark Burch. It is cellared in different combinations of French, Hungarian and American oak barrels for 18 months. Our syrah won its first gold medal at the California State Fair Wine Competition in 2004 with our premiere release of our 2002 Lake County Reserve Syrah. The Red Hills Lake County Appellation was approved as a distinct wine growing region that same year.
2003 RED HILLS LAKE COUNTY
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Gold Medal- 2005 San Francisco International Wine Competition
CRITICS AWARD– 2006 Critics Challenge International Wine Competition
Handcrafted from 100% estate grown syrah. Barrel aged for 18 months in new American & Hungarian oak. Aged an additional year after bottling for more complexity.
Winemaker Notes: "This vineyard continues to produce a Syrah that is highly extracted with concentrated color, depth and complexity one would expect from the Red Hills Lake County AVA. Excellent to drink now or cellar for a few years." Mark Burch
2004 LAKE COUNTY RESERVE
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Accolades:
90 Points Wine Enthusiast
2004 Syrah Reserve Lake County
"The promise is there in this ripe, plush wine, with its rich tannins
and good acidity. It’s rewarding in herb-tinged blackberry jam, plum,
violet, coffee and chocolate flavors, with a distinct white pepper edge...—
S.H. (11/1/2007) "
Tasting notes: Deep crimson/black in color with bright notes of crème
de cassis, blackberry, black raspberry, mocha and minerals. A well balanced
mid-palate that shows mixed berry fruit, black pepper, rich tannins and
a long supple finish.
Downloadable 2004 Tech Sheet
