Drew Wines Featured Wine Rating Reg Price Our Price You Save Extreme Syrah 6-pack 3 bottles: 2007 Broken Leg Vineyard Anderson Valley 3 bottles: 2007 Perli Vineyard Potato Patch Mendocino Ridge   90 IWC 91 IWC   $40 $40 $150     Save $90.00 (38%)     2007 Syrah Broken Leg Vineyard Anderson Valley 90 IWC $40 $25.99 Save $14.01 (35%) Free Shipping on 6 bottles or more! *Please see our shipping policy below.

Perli Vineyard Mendocino Ridge Extreme Syrah It's the misunderstood grape. There's no other explanation. Syrah has gotten a bad rap on the marketplace because so many Syrahs are simple: either overripe and overextracted, or just simple and pedestrian. But for those of us who look more carefully, particularly at the small-batch production of some of California's most brilliant winemakers -- people like David Ramey, Eric Sussman at Radio Coteau, Joey Tensely, and Jason Drew -- we find wines that are among the most honed, opulent wines in California. But the Syrah market is ugly, seemingly without regard to quality or size of production. We got the call about the Ramey Rodgers Creek Syrah earlier in the year. That was surprising. But when Jason Drew called us -- a guy who makes minuscule batches of absolutely gorgeous wines -- we just listened, scratching our heads wondering how Syrahs (admittedly tiny amounts) from some of the most incredible hand-picked vineyard sources in forgotten corners of northern California weren't being snatched up like Crackerjacks. "I'm not changing anything," Jason told us. "But I'm a winemaker, not a traveling salesman. I'm going to keep making Broken Leg, and Perli -- they're too good not to make. Eventually people will figure it out. In the meantime, it's pretty clear I can't drink it all!" We had heard a lot about Jason before we tasted his wine or traveled up the coast to meet him at his spectacular perch 2200 feet in elevation on Mendocino Ridge. He had worked with Bryan Babcock in the 1990s, a perfect incubator for winemaking fanaticism. Back in the early 1990s, Babcock was known for ferreting out impractically tiny vineyards from which to draw just a few tons of fruit. There was 11 Oaks Sauvignon Blanc and a Mount Carmel Chardonnay sourced from the Carmelite monks at "Mt. Carmel." Drew was making these (often superb) wines with Babock, and a switch went off -- or maybe he just blew a fuse. From that early beginning, Jason decided that he would become the quintessential vineyard ferret, and if he discovered exceptional vineyards, often what he calls "extreme" vineyards, he was a buyer. Jason is offering two brilliant 2007 Syrahs to WineAccess. First there's the rich, mineral, high-pitched 2007 Broken Leg Vineyard (named "Broken Leg" because vineyard owner Steve Williams broke his leg planting the steep slopes on the last day of planting!). The second is the rich, muscled, white pepper-infused 2007 Perli Vineyard Syrah, made from grapes grown at 2200 feet in elevation on Mendocino Ridge, just 12 miles from the Pacific. Just $25.99/bottle or buy the Extreme Syrah 6-pack for just $150. These are special. Free shipping on 6 bottles or more. Tasting Notes 2007 Drew Wines Syrah Broken Leg Vineyard Anderson Valley "Good ruby-red. Crushed dark berries, mocha, brown spices and a whiff of chocolatey oak on the nose. Dense and broad but not particularly sweet, showing more soil and spice tones and tactile minerality than primary fruits. Finishes with fine tannins and good peppery persistence." 90 points-- International Wine Cellar 2007 Drew Wines Syrah Perli Vineyard Potato Patch Mendocino Ridge "Good ruby-red. Pepper, chocolate and menthol on the nose, plus a whiff of medicinal cherry. Broad, rich and tactile, with good sweetness but also a savory saline quality to the currant and pepper flavors. The lushest of these three Syrahs. Finishes with smooth, sweet tannins and good peppery lift and length. These soil-driven Syrahs are not about primary fruit or high alcohol and come across as distinctly Old World in style. " 91 points-- International Wine Cellar

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