Description
The pairing: Meats like grilled steaks like prime rib or braised meats like short ribs, gamey meats like duck, lamb stew, bacon blue cheese bison burger and pork like BBQ ribs.
The nose: Intense aromas of rich black fruit like black cherries, black plums and black currant with floral like lavender and violet with baking spices and vanilla.
The palate: Upfront, there is an intense ripe black fruit, yet nicely balanced. This is followed baking spices, a hint of vanilla, leather, cedar, white pepper and smoke with a long commanding finish.
Tech Talk:
- Appellation: Lodi, CA
- Composition: 100% Syrah
- Sourcing: Abba Vineyard
- Production: less than 60 cases
- Aging: 9 months in medium toast French Oak (30% new)
- Alcohol: 15.3%
- TA: 0.6g/100ml
- pH: 3.6
- Residual Sugar: 0.10
Anita –
2019 “Amelia’s Cove” Abba Vineyard Syrah, Lodi
Awards: Silver Medal: Beverage Testing Institute and rated Highly Recommended
88 points
Review:
From the Beverage Testing Institute
Medium violet color. Aromas and flavors of leather, dried blueberries, clove, vanilla, espresso bean, and charcuterie with round, bright, dried medium to full body and a tingling, appealing, medium-length finish with accents of baked plum, cast iron pan, and blackberries with well-integrated, fine tannins and moderate oak flavor. A rich and brooding Syrah that speaks of sunbaked wines and wild landscapes.