Jaffurs Ampelos Vineyard Syrah, Santa Barbara, USA

加福爾斯安普羅斯西拉紅葡萄酒

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A pretty, mid-weight effort, the 2011 Syrah Ampelos Vineyard has complex and perfumed floral, spice, pepper and hints of underbrush all emerging on the nose. Medium-bodied, elegant and supple, with a core of sweet fruit, it-s a delicious, classy wine that won’t make old bones. Enjoy it over the coming 4-5 years. Drink now-2019.

From a very cool site, the 2010 Syrah Ampelos Vineyard is a blend of 100% Syrah that was aged in 30% new French oak and the balance in neutral French and American oak. Very classy and with excellent purity, it delivers deep blackberry, pepper, hints of game, earth and some herb aromas and flavors to go with a medium-bodied, supple palate. There is a lot of acid here and the finish could use more length, yet it still delivers solid fruit and a drinkable feel. Enjoy it over the coming 5-6 years. Drink now-2019.

Jaffurs ventures west of their usual haunt in the Santa Ynez Valley to source fruit from this cool-climate site in the Santa Rita Hills. The result is their most brisk, tart Syrah. But it shows the winery‘s signature authority, with richly textured blackberry, black pepper, Dr. Pepper cola, crisped bacon and smoky oak flavors. Superb and delicious for drinking now.

The 2009 Syrah Ampelos Vineyard comes across as quite clenched and austere. There is good depth to the fruit, but it’s hard to get past the unyielding tannins. Vintage 2009 was challenging at Ampelos. A spring frost lowered yields dramatically to less than half a ton per hectare in this biodynamically farmed vineyard. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2021.