It now boasts wonderful citrus and beeswax aromas to go along with its lush mid palate and clean, fresh finish. Enjoy this on its own as a sipper or along with a nice summer salad!

Both Christie and I really enjoy this wine. It is clean and crisp, and is perfect for both sipping on its own on a warm day and for pairing with a variety of foods including salads and sea food. Citrus and stone fruit scents rise from the glass, and as it opens up, a nice beeswax and slight nutty component adds a nice touch of complexity. I sometimes pick up scents of anise as well. The wine possesses a nice, crisp acidic finish that makes it a great sipper and food matcher.

This wine was blended during fermentation and fermented in neutral oak using two different yeast strains commonly used for roses. It was then aged in neutral oak for approximately 8 months before bottling in June, 2007.

This wine is a blend of 85% grenache and 15% mourvedre. The grenache component provides the wine with its aromatic structure - grapefruit, strawberries, and a hint of creaminess. The mourvedre lends a touch of 'funk' that separates this rose from many of the 'fruit bombs' out there. It's a great summertime sipper and its bright acidity makes it a great wine to pair with sea food, salads, and pizza! Enjoy!

This wine stays true to its mainly grenache roots, offering nice strawberry and raspberry aromas along with a touch of grapefruit ta boot. A bit of 'funk' takes this wine away from being 'too fruity' and makes it a wonderfully refreshing summer sipper! Buy more than one and you won't be dissapointed!

One person described this wine as 'cherry fireworks in your mouth', while others have mentioned scents of rhubarb pie and raspberries . . . For me, it's a wine that changes over time in the glass. The aromas of the wine scream from the glass - raspberries, cherries, and yes, rhubarbs - along with a nice touch of exotic wood, white pepper, and a myriad of spices. It takes on weight in the mouth and finishes with a healthy dose of acid and well integrated tannins. It's a wine that is drinking beautifully now and will continue to do so for some time to come! Enjoy!

What makes this wine special to me are the aromatics. I love grenache and it has a great deal to do with aromatics - bright, soaring raspberry / cherry licorice aromas scream from the glass, with a healthy dose of mixed spices, a touch of earthiness, and a hint of oak. A pleasure to drink now, this will continue to develop nicely in the bottle for some time to come!

This was my 'experimental lot' in 2006. The fruit came in very late in the season - at the end of the first week of November - and I ended up only getting 1/2 ton. I decided to go with about 1/3 whole clusters on this lot, and as fermentation began to kick in, I decided to 'go native' and not add any commercial yeast. I continued to monitor the ferment to make sure there were no off aromas, and this lot turned out to be the one that fermented to the dryest level of all of our ferments in 2006!

This is a much more 'serious' grenache compared with the Camp 4. It is darker in color than the Camp 4 grenache; it has a similar aromatic profile, but is 'deeper' in makeup - more dark berry / cherry rather than raspberry . . . The whole clusters add an exotic pepper quality to the nose and an extra 'pop' to the finish. Though tasting wonderful now, this one will benefit from some cellar time. That said, we only made one barrel of this and therefore only have about 25 cases to sell . . .

The grapes for this wine also arrived late in the season and I decided not to innoculate with commercial yeast, choosing instead to monitor it closely to ensure no offer aromas were created. The final wine, I find, is a real pleasure to drink - full of brambly blackberry and raspberry fruit, tons of fresh white pepper, exotic sandalwood spices, a smidgen of 'meatiness' and a healthy dose of acid. Smooth and quite drinkable now, this wine will continue to develop and add complexity as it ages . . .

This wine is made in a more elegrant, more restrained manner than many other syrahs on the market. It's not an oozer, but instead boasts violet, dark blueberry, and exotic spice aromatics to go along with its rich mouthfeel and fruit laden finish. Another wine to either enjoy now or lay down for a few years . . .