The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Roll Ranch, Syrah 1997 [RARE] Syrah firm finish where the wine’s

firm finish where the wine’s quality shows

And just as the fruit was almost ripe to perfection

bitter and juicy

a very heart-on-its-sleeve

It is immediately clear that this is a bigger and more powerful wine that possesses outstanding mid-palate density and a huge reserve of dry extract that imparts a seductive mouth feel and mostly buffers the exceptionally firm tannic spine on the massively long finish

The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Roll Ranch, Syrah 1997 [RARE] Syrah firm finish where the wine’s1. 5cm; nicked labels Roll Ranch is located under the dramatic striated bluffs of Topa Topa mountain in Upper Ojai, and the roots of our vines there plunge deep into poor rocky soil that was once part of those bluffs. Its a warm generous climate and the wines from this site are gutsy. So, over the years weve tinkered in the vineyard and the cellar to temper some of that opulence. And these days were finding no shortage of flavor when harvesting a bit