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Review Summerland Syrah ‘05
Reposted fom http://www.thewinespace.com/
In the 1980’s Nebil "Bilo" Zarif began looking for a wine friendly region to farm grapes. Highway 101in California is one of the best kept secrets for land ready to produce great wine making grapes. Bilo found his wine growing region and fell in love with the central coast. This region spans from the Santa Barbara coast all the way to Monterey. He was inspired by the relaxed, friendly lifestyle displayed along the California coast. Today he makes wine from all the different micro climates up and down this coast. He has wines from Santa Ynez valley, Santa Maria valley, Santa Rita hills, Edna valley, Paso Robles and Santa Barbara County…..just to name a few.
KD made an amazing perfectly seasoned rigatoni with she mixed in Italian sausage smothered this in spaghetti and slow simmered for about 30 minutes. She then took it off the burner and placed them in individual plates and toped with mozzarella and baked until the cheese was melted. She then topped it with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese. OH MY GOSH, was this GGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOD. It was so good it was hard finishing this blogs. I just wanted to go get seconds, or thirds, but I need to walk tomorrow. To be honest the wine was just a feather in the cap. A good addition to an already great meal.
The wine paired wonderfully with our entrée for the night. This wine was aged in both French and American oak and then blended to maintain both oaks character. The color was a medium to dark ruby red. The aroma that first hit my nose was the smell of fruit, like I was smelling a jammy grape. Light notes of spice and pepper were prevalent. Then came the taste……… dark fruit, cassis and a hint of spice. This wine had a medium finish and 14.1% alcohol. I liked this wine, it was good and should pair with many entrée’s. This wine will cost you about $15.00.
We rate this wine (Good)
Here are our Ratings: / Pass / Fair / Ok / Good / Great
Disclaimer: Just because we like or dislike a wine does not mean that you will have the same experience. Of course it’s always worth a try….tell us what you think??
Aloha,
Ron
In the 1980’s Nebil "Bilo" Zarif began looking for a wine friendly region to farm grapes. Highway 101in California is one of the best kept secrets for land ready to produce great wine making grapes. Bilo found his wine growing region and fell in love with the central coast. This region spans from the Santa Barbara coast all the way to Monterey. He was inspired by the relaxed, friendly lifestyle displayed along the California coast. Today he makes wine from all the different micro climates up and down this coast. He has wines from Santa Ynez valley, Santa Maria valley, Santa Rita hills, Edna valley, Paso Robles and Santa Barbara County…..just to name a few.
KD made an amazing perfectly seasoned rigatoni with she mixed in Italian sausage smothered this in spaghetti and slow simmered for about 30 minutes. She then took it off the burner and placed them in individual plates and toped with mozzarella and baked until the cheese was melted. She then topped it with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese. OH MY GOSH, was this GGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOD. It was so good it was hard finishing this blogs. I just wanted to go get seconds, or thirds, but I need to walk tomorrow. To be honest the wine was just a feather in the cap. A good addition to an already great meal.
The wine paired wonderfully with our entrée for the night. This wine was aged in both French and American oak and then blended to maintain both oaks character. The color was a medium to dark ruby red. The aroma that first hit my nose was the smell of fruit, like I was smelling a jammy grape. Light notes of spice and pepper were prevalent. Then came the taste……… dark fruit, cassis and a hint of spice. This wine had a medium finish and 14.1% alcohol. I liked this wine, it was good and should pair with many entrée’s. This wine will cost you about $15.00.
We rate this wine (Good)
Here are our Ratings: / Pass / Fair / Ok / Good / Great
Disclaimer: Just because we like or dislike a wine does not mean that you will have the same experience. Of course it’s always worth a try….tell us what you think??
Aloha,
Ron
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