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2006 The Ojai Vineyard Syrah Melville Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills
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2006 The Ojai Vineyard Syrah Melville Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills

Producer: The Ojai Vineyard
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: California
Region: Central Coast
Appellation: Santa Barbara

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93 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2010

($44) Opaque purple. Incense, spicecake and licorice-accented dark berries on the nose. As exotic as the White Hawk bottling but smokier and more brooding, with lush blackberry and mulberry flavors and notes of candied licorice and violet. Densely packed, chewy and sweet, with a strong jolt of peppery spice on the extremely long, smoky finish. I looked for tannins but didn't find them.

91 Points | Wine Spectator
93 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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Heaven in a bottle
05/28/2011
by Hoye13918086
The Melville Vineyard in Santa Rita Hills is my favorite region in California for Syrah's and Pinot Noirs. Ojai is consistently the best value and quality in Syrah's for my tastes.

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