Winemaker Notes
The 2022 Eddie’s Patch Syrah’s aromas and flavors feature rosemary and lavender, black cherry and blackberry pastille, tapenade and peppercorn, potpourri, and tobacco. There’s lovely purity to the wine’s deep core of red-blue-black fruits. Lilting acidity focuses the palate and combines with supple tannins on a finish that features floral notes, licorice, and mineral lift. Decant for an hour and drink between 2025 and 2035.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
The dark purple 2022 Syrah Eddie's Patch comes from south-facing slopes along the Mayacamas on red soils and offers notes of blackberries, candied lavender, olive, and a light gamey, ripe feel. Meaty on the palate, it delivers ripe tannins that build a touch on the finish, and it has a more grounded feel, although it does keep freshness. It is going to show its best over the next 10-12 years. It needs a little time in bottle to open, but it would be a killer with steak. Drink 2026-2037.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Syrah Eddie's Patch was harvested on September 6, just after the Labor Day heat wave began, and although it's a powerful expression, the Eddie's Syrah retains elegance and should be long lived in the cellar. The nose offers cassis, blueberry and violet, and it has a wildness lent by smoky, sanguine undertones reminiscent of beef cooking over a fire. The full-bodied palate is bold but pretty with layer after layer of dark, floral fruit. It's structured by powdery tannins and fireworks of fresh acidity, and it has a long, pure finish.
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Wine Spectator
Polished and expressive, offering generous flavors of black raspberry accented with coffee bean, licorice and smoked pepper tones that glide toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2032.
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Vinous
The 2020 Cabernet Franc Siesta en el Tahuantinsuyu (from Vista Flores in the Uco Valley) was 75% aged for 14 months in 15% new French oak barrels, with the remainder kept in concrete vats. Purple in hue. The jammy nose offers redcurrant, mint, dried flowers, herbs, and ash over an oak layer. Indulgent and creamy on the palate, the fine, reactive tannins and rich flow produce a lingering, taut expression. The 2020 is a long-lasting, fruity red.
Respect for the land
DuMOL is a “vineyard up” winery with a fully integrated approach to winegrowing and winemaking. DuMOL planted its high-density estate vineyards and has farmed many of California’s most renowned vineyards for more than two decades.
Commitment to craft
DuMOL sticks to what works and is focused on the fundamentals, finding inspiration in master, visionary producers around the world as DuMOL continually hones its craft—never imitating, ever refining.
Connected on a personal level
This is a project that comes from who the DuMOL team is and what they love. A deep connection is paramount: to the land, the wines, and the customers.
Heritage and experience
Founded in 1996, DuMOL is a latter-day pioneer in the Russian River Valley. Winemaker, Viticulturist and Partner, Andy Smith, farmed the region for nearly a decade before joining in 1999, and Associate Winemakers Julie Cooper and Jenna Davis, and Cellar Master Jaime Eufracio, have over 40 years combined experience at DuMOL.
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
A standout region for its decidedly Californian take on Burgundian varieties, the Russian River Valley is named for the eponymous river that flows through it. While there are warm pockets of the AVA, it is mostly a cool-climate growing region thanks to breezes and fog from the nearby Pacific Ocean.
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir reign supreme in Russian River, with the best examples demonstrating a unique combination of richness and restraint. The cool weather makes Russian River an ideal AVA for sparkling wine production, utilizing the aforementioned varieties. Zinfandel also performs exceptionally well here. Within the Russian River Valley lie the smaller appellations of Chalk Hill and Green Valley. The former, farther from the ocean, is relatively warm, with a focus on red and white Bordeaux varieties. The latter is the coolest, foggiest parcel of the Russian River Valley and is responsible for outstanding Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.