Nose
A complex perfume of roasted meats, black fruits, spring flowers, charcoal, and spice is followed by a wine of enormous richness.
Palate
Dense, structured, meaty and spicy, with loads of red and black fruits. . It possesses phenomenal texture, stunning purity, and remarkable freshness, which, again, is attributable to the limestone soils as well as the proprietor’s brilliant hands-off winemaking philosophy.
Full-bodied and concentrated, rich and plush, with layers of ripe blackberry, wild berry, mineral
and graphite, ending with a long, persistent finish that keeps repeating the dark berry themes.
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. The higher than normal dose of Mourvedre in the blend really makes it all happen.
- Released: January 2009
Aging
Grenache was aged in all new French Oak barriques. It is a wine built for the ageing.
Appearance
Inky ruby
