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I tasted this set of Stephan Asseo’s wines with his daughter, Chloé, who is married to Benom’s Arnaud Fabre and who oversees the day-to-day operations at her family’s 127-acre vineyard and winery, located just behind Booke. The lineup here has expanded with the addition of a new bottling, Le Retour, which in 2017 is an 80/20 blend of Syrah and Grenache and inspired by Stephan’s view that ’17 is “a fantastic vintage but especially for Syrah,” according to Chloé, “so he wanted to give it a showcase.” She added that 2017 “gave rich wines but not so powerful as 2016,” which the Asseos think is a benchmark vintage, but one for cellaring a long time, “so that the structure can relax a little bit.” Two thousand seventeen, on the other hand, “is a year where the wines are already expressive, and while they will age, you probably aren’t going to have to be as patient as with ’16. They are rich, but not crazy rich.”

From Paso Robles Can’t Stop Winning (Feb 2020) by Josh Raynolds

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2017 Optimus Estate

Release Price: $56

Color: Red

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