Winery - Gramercy Cellars
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Herbal and elegant, it’s perfectly balanced, with a beguiling mix of cranberry, strawberry and raspberry fruit flavors, and tightly stitched tannins that will need some bottle age to unwind.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Great depth and intensity are the hallmarks of this muscular, intense Cabernet. The mix of fruits, the overall balance, and the beautifully silky tannins are exceptional.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The vineyard source is Les Collines, with 15% Grenache and 5% Syrah in the blend. Tart and lacey, dotted with baking spices, showing surprising length for its lightness, this elegant Tempranillo from young vines has excellent structure and penetration. It finishes spicy and herbal, with a hint of stem.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sourced entirely from Les Collines, this perfectly expresses the house style—scents of strawberry jam, hints of pepper, and flavors that seem to focus on rocky minerality. An austere yet thrilling wine, almost like a Chinon, though this is Syrah, and not Cabernet Franc.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Originally intended as a blending grape for the Tempranillo, this is now being separately bottled. The Alder Ridge Grenache is blended with 20% Syrah. It’s a ripe, almost liquorous wine, with some alcoholic heat. Nonetheless, the Gramercy style, with an emphasis on acidity and minerality, along with tart red fruit flavors, comes through.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
“Lagniappe,” says winemaker Greg Harrington, means “a little something extra” in New Orleans. Cofermented with Viognier and lightly pressed, this wine was aged in neutral French oak for 18 months. The result is a subtle, deceptively light wine; graceful and elegant, it sings lightly of berries, moist earth and coffee.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This barrel-selection bottling honors the winemaker’s father-in-law, and comes from the best lots of Syrah. Sixty percent was whole-cluster fermented, yielding an intense, peppery, spicy and almost laser-like wine with sharp streaks of mint, herb, wild berry and earth. It opens elegantly into a smooth, almost silky finish, adding sweet chocolate to the mix.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This has a dark core of smoke and espresso, wrapped around clean red fruits and moderate acidity. Fine structure and some depth, with a real chance to improve in the cellar for another 6–8 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A very firm and well-structured expression of pure Walla Walla Syrah. There is a core of blueberry and blackberry fruit, amply wrapped in sweetly toasty, smoky oak (despite very little new barrel usage). It finishes clean with the characteristic earthy foundation of Walla Walla Syrah, and a streak of rock and licorice.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is 90% Cabernet and 10% Merlot¬¬––juicy and sappy, a generous burst of strawberries, raspberries, and red fruits, with plenty of spark and vitality. The clear, clean, vivid fruit is the shining star here.
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