Syrah TNs: 04 Cabot Kimberly's: 06 Arnot-Roberts Clary Ranch

[Brian_London]

• 2004 Cabot Vineyards Syrah Kimberly’s - USA, California, North Coast, Humboldt County (3/28/2009)
  Popped, decanted and vigorously shaken, returned to bottle and consumed over the next hour. Deep dark color. Black fruit on the nose. Smoky, earthy, thick and rich. Bacon fat, flowers, dark fruits on the palate, great concentration and flavors. Long finish.
• 2006 Arnot-Roberts Syrah Clary Ranch - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (3/28/2009)
  Decanted one hour, consumed over the following 2. Very fragrant nose. Herbal, meaty, cracked black pepper. Palate was full of fragrant herbs, roasted meat and black olives. Heft but light on its feet. This improved throughout and will be killer in a couple of years.

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[John_Cabot]

@Brian London

• 2004 Cabot Vineyards Syrah Kimberly’s - USA, California, North Coast, Humboldt County (3/28/2009)
  Popped, decanted and vigorously shaken, returned to bottle and consumed over the next hour. Deep dark color. Black fruit on the nose. Smoky, earthy, thick and rich. Bacon fat, flowers, dark fruits on the palate, great concentration and flavors. Long finish.
• 2006 Arnot-Roberts Syrah Clary Ranch - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (3/28/2009)
  Decanted one hour, consumed over the following 2. Very fragrant nose. Herbal, meaty, cracked black pepper. Palate was full of fragrant herbs, roasted meat and black olives. Heft but light on its feet. This improved throughout and will be killer in a couple of years.

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Hey Brian,
Why the vigorous shake on the Kimberly’s? Just curious.

[Brian_London]

@John Cabot

@Brian London

• 2004 Cabot Vineyards Syrah Kimberly’s - USA, California, North Coast, Humboldt County (3/28/2009)
  Popped, decanted and vigorously shaken, returned to bottle and consumed over the next hour. Deep dark color. Black fruit on the nose. Smoky, earthy, thick and rich. Bacon fat, flowers, dark fruits on the palate, great concentration and flavors. Long finish.
• 2006 Arnot-Roberts Syrah Clary Ranch - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (3/28/2009)
  Decanted one hour, consumed over the following 2. Very fragrant nose. Herbal, meaty, cracked black pepper. Palate was full of fragrant herbs, roasted meat and black olives. Heft but light on its feet. This improved throughout and will be killer in a couple of years.

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Hey Brian,
Why the vigorous shake on the Kimberly’s? Just curious.

John,

Just to get some air in. Also, I had just pulled it out of my locker so it was a little chilled, some motion to create a little heat.

[Ken_Zinns]

I’ve tasted the '06 Arnot-Roberts Clary Ranch a couple of times and it’s one of the best cool-climate California Syrahs I’ve tried in recent years. One of the highlights from Hospice du Rhone last year as well as Rhone Rangers in San Francisco just over a week ago. Have not tried any of the Cabot wines yet, but looking forward to tasting them at HdR this year.

[Glenn_L_e_v_i_n_e]

@Ken Zinns

I’ve tasted the '06 Arnot-Roberts Clary Ranch a couple of times and it’s one of the best cool-climate California Syrahs I’ve tried in recent years. One of the highlights from Hospice du Rhone last year as well as Rhone Rangers in San Francisco just over a week ago. Have not tried any of the Cabot wines yet, but looking forward to tasting them at HdR this year.

i think this bottle is the best $40 Syrah i have had from California. wish i had more than the 5 bottles i have left.

[Brian_London]

@Glenn Levine

@Ken Zinns

I’ve tasted the '06 Arnot-Roberts Clary Ranch a couple of times and it’s one of the best cool-climate California Syrahs I’ve tried in recent years. One of the highlights from Hospice du Rhone last year as well as Rhone Rangers in San Francisco just over a week ago. Have not tried any of the Cabot wines yet, but looking forward to tasting them at HdR this year.

i think this bottle is the best $40 Syrah i have had from California. wish i had more than the 5 bottles i have left.

Ken,

I first tried it at HdR last year as well, I too thought it was one of the highlights. It kept getting better with time. Each of John’s wines that I’ve tried have been stellar, I think you will really enjoy them.

Glenn,

I wish I had more left than I do as well!

[Glenn_L_e_v_i_n_e]

Gave the 2006 A-R Clary Ranch another go last night and man it was in a strange place. Tremendous upfront nose that screams Syrah and then the most intense Blueberryathon imaginable. Not creamy or pie-like blueberry, more like essence or extraction. Really a different experience than previous bottles which had exuded balance. Still nice acidity and like no detectable alcohol but too much taste for the veggie dinner we had last night.

[Alan_Rath]

@Brian London

I had just pulled it out of my locker so it was a little chilled, some motion to create a little heat.

Love the notes, thanks for the report! Just to bring a little reality to the shaking thing: to warm up 750ml of wine by 10 degrees F would take about 750*5.5 ~ 4200 calories of energy, or about 17,000 Joules. Work is force x distance, so if you lift the bottle, say, a foot, that’s about 2 Joules of work. You’d have to shake the bottle roughly 8000 times to raise its temperature from cellar to room temp

[Peter_Kleban]

@Alan Rath

@Brian London

I had just pulled it out of my locker so it was a little chilled, some motion to create a little heat.

Love the notes, thanks for the report! Just to bring a little reality to the shaking thing: to warm up 750ml of wine by 10 degrees F would take about 750*5.5 ~ 4200 calories of energy, or about 17,000 Joules. Work is force x distance, so if you lift the bottle, say, a foot, that’s about 2 Joules of work. You’d have to shake the bottle roughly 8000 times to raise its temperature from cellar to room temp

I think he meant create a little heat in his arm