Cabot, Kimberly’s Vineyard Syrah, 2016 so111621 big spirits offer intense herbal liqueur

intense herbal liqueur

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Cabot, Kimberly’s Vineyard Syrah, 2016 so111621 big spirits offer intense herbal liqueurSyrah grown at the literal northern edge of California wine country, in the mountains of Humboldt County far above where anyone sensible plants vines. John and Kimberly Cabot farm organically up here, and Kimberly's is their home estate cuvee, made only in vintages that earn it. The trick that makes it sing is a co fermentation with a small dose of Viognier (5 to 10 percent), an old Northern Rhone move that lifts the aromatics and adds a floral top