The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Thompson Vineyard, Syrah 2005 CLOSEOUT allowing slow development of ripeness

allowing slow development of ripeness and tannin

TASTING NOTES

90-92 points Burghound

this concentrated Barolo offers notes of dried strawberries

and masses of fine

The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Thompson Vineyard, Syrah 2005 CLOSEOUT allowing slow development of ripeness1. 5cm or better Adam Tolmach, The Ojai Winemaker Traditionally our most burly syrah, Thompson is the slowest of our wines to evolve. Since 2002, we have added a bit of grenache and or mourvedre to add to the complexity of flavors and to make this wine a little less monolithic. The results have not been dramatic, as the wine is still a monster, but it is now friendlier in its youth. In 2005 we took another step towards better balance and began