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2009 Syrah Eisele Vineyard Napa Valley

Wine Details
Place of Origin

United States

Napa Valley

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Syrah/Shiraz

Vintages
2011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819961995
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Following the worst frost here since 1971 in April of 2008, the growing season of 2009 was much more benign, said Bart Araujo. As the Eisele Vineyard, one of California's great cabernet sites, is a very warm spot, leaf-pulling is not practiced here. So the estate was spared the calamity that many other North Coast wineries brought on themselves by removing leaves to hasten ripening just before a freakish two-day heat spike. Among recent changes at this topnotch property: there's no more viognier in the sauvignon blanc bottling as of vintage 2008; the Altagracia second wine has included some purchased Napa Valley cabernet and merlot since the same vintage and thus is now technically a non-estate bottling; and Nigel Kinsman, who previously directed winemaking at Krupp Estate, took over as winemaker in September of 2010, with Francoise Peschon continuing to oversee the winemaking program here.