RH Phillips EXP Syrah (half-bottle) 2001
Syrah/Shiraz
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Vintage
2001
Size
375ML
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Our 1999 Syrah was produced from hillside blocks. Lower yields and mature fruit helped to produce a flavorful and concentrated wine. The result is an elegant, richly textured red wine with full flavors of raspberry, cherry, lavender and spice. EXP means explorature; exploring Mediterranean varieties in a new viticultural region.
Other Vintages
1999-
Spectator
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Parker
Robert -
Enthusiast
Wine
In 1973 Karl and John Giguiere (along with John's wife Lane) went home to the Dunnigan Hills farm they grew up on to settle down to the idyll life on the family wheat and sheep operation. The charm of being shepherds quickly wore off when the three discovered that sheep use almost zero percent of their brains. The sheep were fired. In 1981, they planted 10 acres of Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc; in 1983, they started their own winery. Naming their new venture after the brothers' maternal grandfather, they launched R.H. Phillips with 4,000 cases of wine. They sold every drop. Next year they sold 40,000 cases; the year after that, they sold 150,000 cases. Today, R.H. Phillips has 1600 acres of grapes on the property, and produces over 400,000 cases of wine.
MNC5858T_2001 Item# 56623