Nose
Tight, restrained aromatics of blackberries, blueberries, and flowers.
Deeply pitched aromas of black raspberry, violet, gunflint, tobacco, tar and cola.
Palate
The '04 Bone Rock is the most subtle and restrained that we have ever produced, yet it is still a big juicy mouthful.
Good acidity, fleshy, full-bodied flavors, and fine elegance, delicacy, and finesse.
Lush and sweet but firm and imploded; deeper and more concentrated than the
previous bottling but less evolved. Finishes with superb breadth and viscosity, but has the ripe acids-not to mention the rocky minerality- to maintain its shape and balance.
Growing Conditions
The Bone Rock blend comes from the Bone Rock block of James Berry Vineyard. It is a steep terrace of old head trained Syrah vines on a south facing slope. We unearthed fossilized whale bones when we terraced it and then needed to use jack hammers to plant the vines.
Winemaking
Our wines are never racked off their lees and are bottled unfined and unfiltered.
- Released: February 2007
Appearance
A saturated ruby/purple color.
