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2008 Stolpman Vineyards Syrah Hilltops Estate Grown Santa Ynez Valley
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WS 87
RP 92

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About Stolpman Vineyards

Tom and Marilyn Stolpman founded this Central Coast winery in 1990. The dry-farmed vineyard plantings here are one of the great viticultural stories of California...

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2008 Stolpman Vineyards Syrah Hilltops Estate Grown Santa Ynez Valley

Producer: Stolpman Vineyards
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: California
Region: Central Coast
Appellation: Santa Ynez Valley

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92(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2010

($48) Vivid ruby. Smoky dark berry and cherry-cola aromas are complicated by notes of potpourri and allspice. Ripe and fleshy but energetic, offering sweet dark fruit flavors and notes of spicecake and licorice. The smoky quality returns on the finish, which is long, smooth and seductively seamless. You could drink this now but I'd age it for at least another five years.

87 Points | Wine Spectator
92 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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