The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, Henry Daniel, Syrah 2008 [RARE] Chardonnay. Nose is wonderful: charcoal

Nose is wonderful: charcoal

This is a tour de force of Australian winemaking that should be consumed 2010 - 2025 (12/2006)

Amber in the glass (my husband thought I was drinking a rose)

but all of these offerings have been made by someone with great talent and vision who takes the extraordinary ripeness and purity of fruit available from these old vine vineyards and crafts them into wines that are quite European in style

Simply put

The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, Henry Daniel, Syrah 2008 [RARE] Chardonnay. Nose is wonderful: charcoalThe first Henry Daniel was a commemorative bottling marking the birth in 1997 of Henry, our second son. And somehow, I got it in my mind that we should celebrate that birth a few more times, so eleven years later in 2008 I bottled another one and anticipate a third version from 2017. Now, one may ask why I waited until now to release a wine made over ten years ago, and thats a valid question, particularly in a world that only seems to value things