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Aromas include sweet ripe cherries, plums, dried lush cherries, a smooth mineral mixture, charcoal, toast, roasted meats, and hints of dried herbs come together to develop a varietally correct nose. Once the wine hits you pallate you experience lush cherries and plums from the front to the back of your mouth. Minerals, dustiness, dried fruits, pomegranates, and a mix of nuttiness and jolly ranchers to finish off the experience. Juicy ripe tannins mixed with a rich medium bodied, good textured wine produces a good structure and long finish.

Hand-picked, early morning clusters, cluster select. Whole cluster pressed to 20% neutral barrels and 80% stainless steel. Cold fermented at 50 degrees F for 3 months, using indigenous and selected yeasts. No malolactic fermentation occurred.

The grapes for 2004 were handled with the utmost care from the vine to the winery, where an unusually long and cool fermentation was utilized to preserve all of the grapes natural and more delicate flavors. A combination of 20% neutral barrel and 80% stainless steel during this process has produced a clean wine with depth, complexity and a richness of mouth feel.

Ladi’s Vineyard Syrah is located in a small valley between four famous Sonoma County appellations. Chalk Hill to the north, Bennett Valley to the south, Sonoma Valley to the east and Russian River to the west; a region of cool mornings and warm afternoons that produces noble Syrah of the sophisticated Rhone style with an appealing perfumed fruit.

Heady aromas of smoke, roasted coffee and grilled meats are intertwined with plum, blackberry and white pepper. A bright entry shows off more plums with leather, white pepper and spice coming into the play. This leads to a rich and full mouth feel displaying many of the above characters plus dried cherries clove, nutmeg and all spice. The finish is long and complex with glimpses of exotic flavors such as jasmine and dried rose petals.