The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Stolpman Vineyard, Syrah 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon characterful and subtly sweetly-fruited flavors

characterful and subtly sweetly-fruited flavors of arctic brambles and wizened cranberries

and thrilling levels of spice and meaty characteristics on the nose

and a crazy

it is a regional wine

The Castello Romitorio vineyards tend to be cool

The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Stolpman Vineyard, Syrah 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon characterful and subtly sweetly-fruited flavors2. 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