2005 Syrah Tinaquaic Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley
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Production: 226 (750ml)
Suggested Retail: $44
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Appellation: Santa Ynez Valley
Clone(s): Durrel
Harvest: Harvested by hand early morning of October 14, 2005
Yields: 2.9 tons per acre(4 ½ pounds per vine)
Crush: Whole berry destemmed, then gravitied into small open top fermenters
Innoculum: Rhone L.2226
Fermentation: Punch downs 3x daily; gravity to barrel after 15 days
Barrel Regime: Saury barrels(France), 70% new, medium plus toast; 16 months aging
Bottling: March 5, 2007 without fining or filtration
TA 0.614 g/100ml
Ph: 3.94

Winemaker's Notes:
"One of the most asked questions in our Tasting Room is 'what does dry-farmed mean?' Well, the answer is that we have no water to irrigate our estate Rancho Tinaquaic Vineyard. Every vintage we have to thin down the fruit set to keep the vines in balance with the annual rainfall. In addition, there can't be one weed in the vineyard that would rob the vines of any available moisture. Needless to say, the Tinaquaic vineyard fruit is some of the most intense and exotic on the Central Coast. This Syrah is brimming with distinctive white pepper, Herbs de Provence, molasses and Elephant Heart plum."
-Bill Wathen

*91 Points- Wine Spectator- Jim Laube
Intense, rich and chewy, with spicy, sweet wild berry, leather, cola, and rhubarb, giving this complexity, depth and length. Drink now through 2012.

Appellation: Santa Ynez Valley
Varietals: Grenache 60%, Mourvedre 20%, Syrah 20%
Clone(s): Grenache-Tablas B, Mourvedre-Tablas B, Syrah-174 & 877
Harvest: Hand Harvested on October 12& 13(Syrah), October 15 (Grenache) and November 4 th (Mourvedre)
Yields: Typical of Williamson-Dore Vineyard, 2 to 3½ tons per acre
Crush: Whole Berry destemmed; 3-4 day pre fermentation cold maceration
Innoculum: Rhone-L2226, Rhone-GRN
Fermentation: As separate lots in small, open top tanks. Punch down 2 times daily; 10-14 day macerations
Barrel Regime: 100% French oak barrels, 15% new. 16 months aging
Racking: 2 times prior to bottling
Bottling: March 6, 2007 without fining or filtration

2005 Syrah Williamson Dore Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley
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Production: 550 cases(750mL) 25 cases(1.5L)
Suggested Retail: $44
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Appellation: Santa Ynez Valley
Clone(s): 174(60%) and 877(40%)
Harvest: Harvested by hand early mornings of October 12 & 13, 2005
Yields: Averaged 3.0 TPA
Crush: Whole berry destemmed, then gravitied into small open top fermenters
Innoculum: L.2226
Fermentation: 4 Day Cold Maceration, 16 day active fermentation with 3 punchdowns daily, then gravitied to barrel.
Barrel Regime: 16 months in Francois Freres barrels, 40% new.
Racking: One racking in the Spring of 2006, then racked prior to bottling Spring of 2007
Bottling: March 6, 2007

*NOTE: This wine has a 6 BOTTLE LIMIT.