2009 Odeon

Wine Details
Place of Origin

United States

Gabilan Mountains, Central Coast

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Viognier (2017 vintage)

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2013 - 2019

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Proprietor Bradley Brown crafts some of the most compelling, small-production artisan wines in California's Central Coast. With each passing year, the wines are more refined and polished, making Big Basin one of the most dynamic up and coming wineries in the state. The 2012s are the most promising young wines I have tasted from Big Basin. Harvests have moved up slightly, the use of whole clusters is up and there is more attention to cooperage, all of which bode well for the future. As always, the approach at Big Basin emphasizes native fermentations and malos with extended macerations and only moderate amounts of new oak. Brown felt a few of the Rhone-variety wines need a few additional months in bottle, so I will report on those wines after the summer.

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I tasted a bevy of gorgeous wines with proprietor Bradley Brown this year. These new and upcoming releases are impeccable and strongly suggest Brown is one of the up and coming stars of the region. I can hardly wait to see how his wines develop in the future. Most of the 2010 Pinots were harvested during the first week of October, on the late side that year. The wines spent 16 months in French oak, between roughly 40-60% new. The 2009 Syrahs were picked during a broad window that started in early October and lasted much of the month. Brown gave his 2009 Syrahs about 27 months in French oak, from 50-86% new. I also tasted a number of wines from barrel, most of them 2010 Syrahs and Syrah-blends. Today, those wines are very promising, as the cold 2010 vintage seems to have brought out the maximum in varietal definition and nuance.

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Bradley Brown crafts gorgeous artisan wines from his vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey County. The wines are fermented with ambient yeasts, see no racking and are bottled unfined and unfiltered. The Pinots see 50% new oak in medium toasts barrels, while some of the Syrah and Syrah based blends see higher amounts of new barrels. Brown is gradually moving towards lower toast levels and lower amounts of new oak. The 2008s are big, rich wines marked by the low yields of the year that are the result of the spring frost. Vintage 2009 was a flashier, more overt year until a heavy rainstorm hit on October 13th. The 2009s generally are lower in alcohol than the 2008s. As good as these wines are - and they are often outstanding - my feeling is that Brown has just scratched the surface of his potential.