Save $XX a bottle on this big and delicious, limited production 92-93 point Syrah from a renowned vineyard, but only for the next two days.
If you’ve followed Reverse Wine Snob for long you know that we simply love Syrah, especially when we can get an age-worthy example from an excellent vineyard.
That is exactly what we have here today with a wine from the Stringer Cellars line of limited production single vineyard designate wines. This example comes from the Spirit Rock block of the Alder Springs Vineyard:
The famed Alder Springs Ranch located 12 miles east of the Pacific Ocean is perched above the small town of Laytonville. It spans over 6,000 acres with 140 acres of hillside vineyards planted at altitudes ranging from 1,750 – 2,700 feet above sea level. Alder Springs vineyard is known for its tiny berries with powerful concentration resulting in dark, inky wines. Warm days with bright sun, cold nights and rocky soils provide near perfect growing conditions for cool climate grape varieties like Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Syrah. Alder Springs in widely considered one of the finest vineyards in North America.
Our limited production, top-tier wines, the Single Vineyard Designates, are made exclusively from individual vineyards with highly distinctive, stand-alone characteristics. The 2021 Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah is one of these winery-exclusive Single Vineyard Designate wines. It comes from the very unique and picturesque “Spirit Rock” block. With only a limited number of cases produced, you are one of the lucky few to receive this wine. We hope you’ll enjoy it with your friends and family.
Aged in 50% new French oak for 15 months, this is the real deal and it shows in its normal price tag of $56. For the next two days however, we’ve got it well under half price!
Today’s deal gets you 3 bottles of the 2021 Stringer Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah for just $XX.95 ($XX.XX/bottle). That’s a discount of XX% saving you $XX a bottle.
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This 3-pack deal is available to ship to the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and WY. (These states are dependent on the individual licenses of the offering winery and are not representative of all our deals. Every deal can have different, sometimes more, sometimes less, states available.)
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Read on for our full review.
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From the winery:
Tasting Notes: The 2021 Alder Springs Syrah promises both immediate enjoyment and the potential for graceful aging. A deep, nearly opaque dark garnet color, this Syrah beckons with a captivating nose. Cherry bark, boysenberry, red currant, and black raspberries harmonize with intriguing hints of tamari soy sauce, bergamot, and black tea. Earthy elements of cedar, porcini mushrooms, and pine resin add depth, while a touch of wild lingonberry rounds out the bouquet.
The palate impresses with chewy tannins and a waxy, mouth-coating texture. Cocoa nib, dried goji berries, and wild blueberries mingle with fresh thyme and alpine strawberries, creating a dynamic flavor profile. Tangerine peel and pink peppercorn provide brightness and complexity, all heightened by an insanely mouthwatering acidity. This wine is vibrant, refreshing, and full of life.
Winemaking: Made from Syrah clone 470 sourced from very unique and picturesque “Spirit Rock” block. These grapes are hand-picked, and fully destemmed, with 30% of the stems reintroduced during native fermentation. 3-day cold soak in an open-top tank, followed by three punch-downs each day to extract flavors. After a generous 19 days on the skins, the wine is aged in 50% new French oak barrels for a period of 15 months.
Varietal: 100% Syrah (clone 470)
Appellation: Mendocino County
Vineyard: Alder Springs Vineyard, “Spirit Rock” block
Barrel Regime: 50% new French oak for 15 months
pH: 3.78
TA: 6.1 g/L
Winemaker: Casey StringerProduced and Bottles by Stringer Cellars
14.88% Alcohol
Cork
And now on to our review:
The 2021 Stringer Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah begins with lots of plum and dark berry fruit on the nose plus some floral notes, spice, cedar, vanilla, licorice and more. It’s a great start but this is still a young wine so be sure to give it time to breathe.
Tasting the wine reveals a big and delicious wine with good structure and good depth plus lots of dark juicy fruit and plenty of spice notes from all the new oak. It almost tastes more warm climate in style like Australian Shiraz rather than a meaty, cool climate Syrah but either way it is quite good.
It ends dry and quite grippy and long with lots of lingering tart, juicy fruit. It was slightly better on day 2. This is still a young so it will get even better with age so don’t be afraid to buy a few for your cellar. We put it at the high end of our 9 Taste Rating (92-93 points).
Cheers,
Jon
2021 STRINGER ALDER SPRINGS VINEYARD SYRAH
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