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The Grand Reserve Series...2006 Syrah Port - El Dorado 'Grand Reserve'
Varietals and Sources:
Gold Hill Vineyard, El Dorado County
Harvest Date: September 30, 2006
Brix at Harvest: 30
Time in Barrel: 18 months
Type of Oak: New and used French & American
Alcohol: 20.2%
Bottled: April 9, 2008
Production: 582 cases of 375 ml.
Winemaker’s Notes: Growing at an altitude of 1,200 feet, these Syrah vines have a mid to late ripening cycle. After hard-harvesting and crushing, the grapes were fermented over a 14-day pe- riod in open-top containers. The must was punched down by hand four times a day to extract maximum color and varietal character. The wine was pressed in a small manually operated verti- cal basket press. After settling the wine was aged in neutral French and American oak barrels to let as much varietal character show through as possible. The wine was racked by gravity flow only, never pumped, and was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
The fermentation was stopped at 12’ of brix by using 192 proof grape spirits and the final residual sugar at bottling was 7%. This port is not the cloying type that the market mostly see but a more elegant layered wine that pairs well with most cheeses and desserts.
Bright Hope Designs