The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Thompson Vineyard, Syrah 2005 Shiraz offering a penetrating quality and

offering a penetrating quality and terrific definition and inner-mouth lift

raspberry on finish

Big Mistake

Savoy Pinots are often quite forward

purplish fruit

The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Thompson Vineyard, Syrah 2005 Shiraz offering a penetrating quality and1. 5cm or better Adam Tolmach, The Ojai Winemaker Traditionally our most burly syrah, Thompson is the slowest of our wines to evolve. Since 2002, we have added a bit of grenache and or mourvedre to add to the complexity of flavors and to make this wine a little less monolithic. The results have not been dramatic, as the wine is still a monster, but it is now friendlier in its youth. In 2005 we took another step towards better balance and began