Sierra Vista Red Rock Ridge Syrah 1998
Syrah/Shiraz
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Product Details
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Vintage
1998
Size
750ML
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Winemaker Notes
The vines were planted in the old Red Rock Ridge Estate Vineyard in 1979 on a gravely ridge studded with red rocks of volcanic origin. The Red Rock Ridge Syrah is big, intense and peppery with aromas of blueberries and ripe blackberries. The wine is barrel aged 16 months in small, older, more neutral oak barrels to insure the wine is not dominated by the oak flavor. A small portion is treated to a few months in new French and American oak barrels to add complexity.
Other Vintages
1997-
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Family owned and operated, the winery is located on Red Rock Ridge half a mile high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains thirty miles west of Lake Tahoe. In 1972, John and Barbara MacCready bought their property and pioneered the rebirth of mountain viticulture in the re-emerging premium wine region of El Dorado County. At that time all the foothills were classified as Zinfandel country so when we planted Cabernet Sauvignon we were bucking tradition as we have ever since. The winery farms forty-two acres of mountain vineyards on challenging slopes from 2500 to 2900 feet elevation. Mountain vineyards are low yielding with intense flavors, outstanding character and provide thrilling tractor driving. Extensive studies John MacCready made in the eighties found that much of the El Dorado appellation is very similar to the Rhone Valley in climate, rainfall and soil type. Because of this, Sierra Vista's emphasis in the future will be development of Rhone varieties as we expand our vineyards.
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