syrah

2005 Syrah, Santa Lucia Highlands, Novy Cellars, Santa Rosa, CA

scott — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:43:31 -0500

This is a pretty tasty wine. If you like Syrah you should make an effort to get this and try it.

Wine Enthusiast: 95

Available at Specs for $27

2006 Syrah, Qupé, Central Coast, California

scott — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:33:49 -0500

This is a decent wine for the value. If you like syrahs I'd recommend giving this one a try. California is doing a pretty good job on the Syrah varietal.

Wine & Spirits: 91

Available at Spec's for $17

http://www.qupe.com/Wines/SyrahCC.asp
Notes from their website:
94% Syrah, 5% Grenache, and 1% Counoise. It comes from Santa Barbara County (54%), Paso Robles (34%), San Luis Obispo County (8%), and Arroyo Grande Valley (4%). The prominent vineyards in order of percentage are: Bien Nacido 19%, Lonesome Oak 15% and French Camp 14%, Chabot 13% (a cool climate Santa Barbara site); Alamo Creek 8% (another cool climate site in southern SLO county); Carriage in Paso Robles 6%; Vogelzang in Santa Ynez 5%; Rancho Arroyo Grande in the Arroyo Grande Valley 4%. The other 16% is divided among Alisos, Colson Canyon, Black Oak, Purisima Mountain, Ibarra-Young, Stolpman, Nielson and Premier Coastal Vineyards all in Santa Barbara County.

2005 Petite Sirah, Parducci, Mendocino County, California

scott — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:10:40 -0600

I really liked this wine. Very smooth and a pleasure to drink. Light on the tannins and a somewhat fruity taste. I'll get a case of this one.

Parducci has a website at http://www.mendocinowineco.com/Parducci.html but it is heavily flash based so I think it does a huge disservice to the winery and the potential customers. I really disliked their site.

Available at Spec's for $10

2005 Shiraz (Barossa Valley), Two Hands (Bad Impersonator), Australia

scott — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:42:04 -0600

Wine Enthusiast score: 87

Available at Spec's for $49

2006 Petite Sirah, Bogle, California

scott — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:53:35 -0600

This is a great value in wine. Nice taste to me. I'm going to buy a case of this wine I think it is that good and a great value.

Available at Spec's for $8.50 and at Costco for $9

[UPDATE]
Here is a link to the winery. I didn't actually look on the cork for the URL which is where it is hidden. Just noticed it as I opened another bottle.
http://www.boglewinery.com/

2005 Saint Joseph, Aurélien Chatagnier, France

scott — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:41:57 -0600

The nose of this wine doesn't match the taste at all. After smelling it I was expecting a high alcohol taste. I was surprised to have a smooth drink and was totally fooled by the nose. Lots of tannins on the palette at the finish.

Available at Spec's for $35.