Kongsgaard Syrah 2014

Syrah/Shiraz from Napa Valley, California

96 Robert
Parker
95 James
Suckling

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Product Details

Varietal

Syrah/Shiraz

Region

Napa Valley, California

Producer

Kongsgaard

Vintage

2014

Size

750ML

Features

Boutique

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Winemaker Notes

The 2014 Syrah by Kongsgaard Napa Valley is another glorious milestone in their long Syrah history. It was apparent in the fermenter that the 2014 was destined to become a wild and intense wine. The sheer volume of savory aroma and flavor experienced while doing the pump-overs in the first week of this wine’s life was truly astonishing.

Professional Ratings

96 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The two finest Syrahs that Kongsgaard has made to date may well be the 2014 Syrah and especially the 2015 Syrah, which has all of the characteristics of a potentially perfect wine. The 2014 Syrah, 100% from a two-acre block in the Hudson Vineyard that rarely ever gives more than .5 tons of fruit per acre and was planted to the specifications of Kongsgaard. The wine has a meaty, flowery, blood and blackberry scented nose, plenty of pepper, lard and a touch of oak. It is dense, full-bodied and cascades over the palate. This is aged 24 months in 50% new French oak prior to being bottled unfiltered. It should drink well for 20 or more years.
95 James Suckling
The linear edge to this generous syrah enhances the form and energy of the wine. Lots of blackberry, cumin and stone character with hints of cherries. Polished, tight and muscular. Better in a couple of years but who can wait?

Other Vintages

2015

99 Robert
Parker

2013

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2012

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2008

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2007

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Parker

2006

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Parker

2005

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Parker

2003

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Parker

Kongsgaard

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Fifth-generation Napa natives, Maggy and John Kongsgaard began their endeavor in the 1970s planting The Judge vineyard on their family land near Napa. The inaugural Kongsgaard wines came in 1996. Now, Kongsgaard produces The Judge, Chardonnay, VioRous, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon in their underground winery—a cave dug into the volcanic rock, high on the eastern rim of the Napa Valley where they have planted a spectacular mountain vineyard. Kongsgaard also directs the farming under long-term contracts on several perfect acres in the Napa Carneros and near the winery. These intensely farmed, shy-bearing vineyards and Kongsgaard's traditional low-intervention winemaking produce powerful, graceful wines—vivid expressions of vineyard and variety. Production is limited to what Maggy and John, with their son Alex, can make with their own hands.

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Napa Valley Red Wine

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Undoubtedly proving its merit over and over, Napa Valley is a now a leading force in the world of prestigious red wine regions. Though Cabernet Sauvignon dominates Napa Valley, other red varieties certainly thrive here. Important but often overlooked include Merlot and other Bordeaux varieties well-regarded on their own as well as for their blending capacities. Very old vine Zinfandel represents an important historical stronghold for the region and Pinot noir is produced in the cooler southern parts, close to the San Pablo Bay.

Perfectly situated running north to south, the valley acts as a corridor, pulling cool, moist air up from the San Pablo Bay in the evenings during the hot days of the growing season, which leads to even and slow grape ripening. Furthermore the valley claims over 100 soil variations including layers of volcanic, gravel, sand and silt—a combination excellent for world-class red wine production.

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