The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Stolpman Vineyard, Syrah 1996 Alsace Tiny yields of 22 hectoliters

Tiny yields of 22 hectoliters per hectare and a late harvest that went into the third week of October have resulted in a stunningly concentrated wine with notes of crushed rock

elegant finish

Many of the heirloom varietals are personal favorites…but since I have discovered his rare crabapple sidre I’ve been brought to a whole new level of fandom

Touches of yellow fruit and beeswax emerge with time in the glass

tight and powerful

The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Stolpman Vineyard, Syrah 1996 Alsace Tiny yields of 22 hectoliters2. 0cm; faded label Adam Tolmach, The Ojai Winemaker There is something very interesting about this vineyard because each year, after fermentation and continuing until bottling, there is a hardness and minerality about the young wine that puts most people off. I remember the 1996 in barrel. I couldnt get anyone who tasted it to admit that it was any good at all! And yet, after bottling, it blossomed into an indisputably wonderful wine. The same was