2011 the sylphs Magnum

guman vineyards

guman vineyards

2011 the sylphs Magnum guman vineyards - LOS ANGELES RIVER WINE COMPANY
$150.00 each
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Tasted November 2017: stunning!
2011 was nearly a year of true bounty in the Guman’s vinyard: our largest harvest since 2002. Years of careful pruning and shoot selection, since the catastrophic harvest of 2008, had finally paid off. And the quality was excellent too: very intense, tannic fruit; coming in with its slightly pumpkin-y sun tan. The fermentations were rapid-- but, for reasons that I will never understand, two baby barrels spoiled immediately after harvest. We saved one of them through refermentation, but another sits sadly in the winery, with a blue-tape skull and cross bones on it. Everything that comes from the vineyard is so precious that I cannot bring myself to destroy the barrel, but the wine is so profoundly spoiled that now it has no home. The rest of the wine is a Sylphian triumph: flor-affected, deeply nutty, rich, precise. 75 cases



Technical Information
  • Appellation napa
  • Production 74 cases