2003 Syrah IX Estate
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Who knew that an isolated spot in the eastern hills above St. Helena, in an area best known for Cabernet Sauvignon, would produce one of America’s most consistently spectacular Syrah bottlings? Apparently, Ann Colgin did.
Ann Colgin established Colgin Cellars in 1992 and then in 1998 purchased a 125-acre high-altitude estate on volcanic soil in the Pritchard Hill area overlooking Lake Hennessey. She and her husband Joe Wender named their property IX Estate because it was parcel #9 when previously owned by the Long Family and because Ann married Joe on September 9 (9/9). In 2000, they planted 20 acres of vines on IX Estate and in 2002 they completed their winery there and vinified their first harvest—not just the IX Red Wine (a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot) but a 100% Syrah that was stunningly rich and complex from the get-go. Subsequent vintages have only proven the site’s greatness for Syrah.
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I'm happy to report that the syrah at this mountaintop estate overlooking Lake Hennessey is delivering on its early promise, showing superb breadth and complexity of flavor and more freshness than a wine at its level of pH (normally at least 3. 9) has any right to show. Colgin's collection of 2003 cabernet-based wines has turned out extremely well, and the young 2004s promise even greater richness. Winemaker Mark Aubert seeks to harvest in the high 26o-28o brix range, but noted that there was no watering back of the must in 2003.
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"The longer the 2003s stayed in the tank, the sweeter they got," noted winemaker Mark Aubert."The phenolic material was there in the first place but the wines just kept getting better and better, not to mention darker."Total maceration times for the outsized cabernet-based wines of Ann Colgin and Joe Wender are now between 50 and 60 days.As of the beginning of March, the young 2003s had not yet been racked, and Aubert anticipated racking them only in preparation for the bottling, as he did with the 2002s.My early look at the 2003s suggests that they will be more tannic and oaky than the 2002s, but it's entirely possible that some of their woodiness will be absorbed during their final months of elevage.Aubert noted that the 2002s possess a somewhat cooler fruit character and show less evidence of surmaturite than the 2003s despite their thoroughly ripe tannins.These are some of California's richest and most massive red wines.
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