2002 Alban Vineyards Syrah Lorraine Estate Edna Valley

John Alban makes some of the most aromatically complex and explosively rich wines in the New World from Syrah and Grenache. He works entirely with fruit from his own superb clonal material, planted on chalk-rich hillside vineyards open to cooling sea breezes. The wines have the exotic yet varietally accurate character and creamy sweetness to provide immediate pleasure but have the balance and structure to age. This master of Rhône varieties makes a thick, chewy, dry Roussanne of remarkable aromatic complexity, with stone fruit and mineral elements supported but not overwhelmed by spicy oak. His barrel-fermented Viognier is also fragrant and rich.

John Alban makes some of the most aromatically complex and explosively rich wines in the New World from Syrah and Grenache. He works entirely with fruit from his own superb clonal material, planted on chalk-rich hillside vineyards open to cooling sea breezes. The wines have the ex... more