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2003 Bismark Mountain Syrah
With a gorgeous nose of blueberry, spice and chocolate, this round and rich mouth-filling Syrah is full of concentrated flavor and substantial tannins
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Hanna’s Bismark Mountain, located in the Mayacamas Mountains high above the city of Sonoma and the San Pablo Bay. Three blocks are planted to Syrah. Block 22 sits at the vineyards highest point near 2500 feet, while block 12 is in a more protected ravine just below. Our newest Syrah, block 14, was grafted to the highly touted clone 174 in 2002. Together they comprise 4.5 acres. Blocks 22 and 12 were planted in 1993 to clone 1 grafted to 110R rootstock, on a vertical trellis with 9 by 4 spacing. Bismark’s high elevation gives us growing conditions that have features of both warm and cool climate - intense sun, yet low air temperatures. The quality of the grapes reflects this rare terroir
Growing season 2003 was warm with a couple of heat spikes. Ripening was unhurried, especially compared with the 2001 season. We picked Syrah from block 22 on September 24th at 29.1° Brix and blocks 12 and 14 on September 26th at 27.9° Brix.
With a gorgeous nose of blueberry, spice and chocolate, this round and rich mouth-filling Syrah is full of concentrated flavor and substantial tannins
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