2015 Syrah Rattlesnake Rock
United States
Gabilan Mountains, Central Coast
Red
Syrah
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2019 - 2027
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Bradley Brown draws across a number of sites in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Gabilan Mountains to the south for a wide range of wines that encompass Rhône, Burgundy and Bordeaux varieties. A preference for picking on the earlier side yields perfumed, savory wines with a good bit of energy that often need a few years in bottle to be at their very best. Readers will find plenty of delicious, compelling wines here. I did find some of the 2017 Pinots to be more challenging, but that is in keeping with the style of the year more broadly.
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I was deeply impressed with the wide range of wines I tasted this year from Big Basin and proprietor Bradley Brown, with perhaps one or two exceptions. Specifically, the wines have attained a level of purity and focus that was not always present in the early days. The whole clusters, which are still a significant part of the house style, are much better integrated into the fabric of the wines than was once the case. As a result, the wines are wonderfully detailed and finely sketched to a degree I have not seen in the past.
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Proprietor Bradley Brown and his team make a wide range of wines from a number of sites in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The 2014 Pinots show the most change over last year. Most likely, the wines needed quite a bit of time to assimilate their 100% whole clusters. In 2015 the stems are down because of the high levels of shatter. The Big Basin style centers around picking on the earlier side of things. The wines are fermented with a good dose of whole clusters and, with some exceptions, aged in 25-30% new oak. As is the case at most estates in California, yields were down markedly in 2015.
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