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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Here’s a bright, crisp young Chard. It’s bone dry and vibrant in Meyer lemon, tropical fruit, spice and vanilla smoke flavors, with a keen, tangy streak of minerality. Tremendously versatile as a food wine due to its balance and finesse.

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Ojai Chardonnay - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Made in a directly appealing style, this Syrah is soft and slightly sweet. It offers flavors of blackberry and cherry jam and milk chocolate, with notes of anise and tangerine rind. Drink now.

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Ojai Syrah - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Despite the California appellation, the grapes were grown in the Ojai region of Santa Barbara County. It’s a dry, tannic wine whose ripe blackberry, mocha and oak flavors are balanced with rich earthiness. Could develop bottle complexity over the next six years.

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Ojai Syrah - 2005

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Rich, decadently elegant and classic California Syrah. Fully dry, this wine, from an impeccably farmed vineyard, explodes in blackberry, chocolate, licorice, violet, spice and cedar flavors, but is perfectly balanced with rich, refined tannins and fine cool-climate acidity.

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Ojai Syrah - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Ojai is making Chardonnays in a drier, leaner and lower alcohol style than many others, but the wines reward for their extreme elegance and Chablisian minerality. This one, from a cool vineyard within sight of the Pacific, is streamlined, with flavors of citrus rind, tapioca and oak, and is very high in mouthwatering acidity.

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Ojai Chardonnay - 2008

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This is the ripest of Ojai’s current trio of ’08 Chardonnays, with tropical fruit, apricot and pear flavors, but it also shows the winery’s telltale acidity, dryness and minerality. Drink now.

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Ojai Chardonnay - 2008

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

If you like the Ojai style of dry, austere, flinty Chardonnays, go out and find this one. It’s a good approximation of the winery’s more expensive bottlings, with intricately woven citrus, wet stone and spice flavors, brightened with lots of zesty acidity.

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Ojai Chardonnay - 2008

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Held back for five years, this interesting Syrah is developing bottle complexities. It’s soft and gentle, with firm tannins, and the fruit is changing from fresh and primary to ethereal and mushroomy. Quite a beautiful, elegant wine now, and it should continue to evolve over the next five years.

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Ojai Syrah - 2005

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This fresh, young Syrah is a lovely wine to drink now, at a good price for the quality. It’s jammy and forward in cherries, black raspberries and red currants, with hints of white pepper and cocoa. Feels elegant, complex and balanced all the way through.

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Ojai Syrah - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

What’s nice about this wine is its bone dryness, and the way the acidity scours and cleanses the palate. It’s subtle in citrus, grass and hay flavors, with complex herb, spice and mineral complexities. A superior California Sauvignon Blanc, and a superb food wine.

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Ojai Sauvignon Blanc - 2009

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