2006 Lagier Meredith Syrah, USA, California, Napa, Mount Veeder, Wine Review

The wines from Lagier Meredith are some of the best Syrahs from anywhere. The fruit is grown on their vineyard way up on Mt. Veeder and is very concentrated. While these wines can be consumed young, they are better with at least ten years of age on them for my tastes. Inky purple in color. The nose has black raspberries, roasted earth, and slight black olives. On the palate, this is full bodied but quite concentrated. It opens nicely in the glass showing black raspberries with some char. Nice liveliness. Long finish. This drinks well on its own but really works better with food. Grilled meats, hard cheeses and Indian foods are a great match. This should still make good drinking for another ten to twelve years.

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Top 10 California Syrahs - The Wine List - October 2014

Syrah is a grape that most wine merchants will tell you is a difficult sell. It seems it’s always going to be the next big thing, but never is. For consumers, that’s a good thing. A great Syrah usually will cost far less than a comparable quality Cabernet or Pinot Noir. For my money, I tend to buy more Syrah than any other grape. A disclaimer here – I liked it so much, I started to make it. In any event, as the temperatures start to drop, fall is great time for a hearty red with dinner or next to a warming fire. Syrah is a grape that really changes its personality depending on where it is grown. Cooler climate Syrahs can be quite different from warmer climate ones. California has plenty of each. While I love many of the cooler climate Syrahs, most of the ones listed below are warmer climate Syrahs. In my opinion, that is where the very best of Syrahs from California can be found.

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The Rhone Report: About Rhone and Rhone-Style Wines and Winemakers is part of an ongoing series. Last month we discussed the white Rhone style wines offered at the 2008 Rhone Rangers tasting event at Fort Mason in San Francisco on March 18. This month we turn to the reds, of which we tasted 50. Among those we tasted were some old favorites and some wineries or bottlings with which we were not yet familiar. We don’t pretend that we tasted a representative group of wines, because our sample was skewed to wines we have loved in the past and others about which we have heard positive comments.

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2008 Hospice du Rhone Events: Highs & Lows of American Rhone-style Wines Tasted

The Rhone Report: About Rhone and Rhone-Style Wines and Winemakers is part of an ongoing series. The 16th annual Hospice du Rhone events in Paso Robles, California from May 1 to 3, 2008 was an opportunity to consider Rhone-style wines from a fresh perspective. Unlike most tasting opportunities, these events included Rhone-style wines from the Rhone Valley itself (51 wineries), elsewhere in France (4 wineries) as well as from Spain (4 wineries), Australia (17 wineries), South Africa (6 wineries), Chile (2 wineries), Argentina (1 winery) and the United States. The American wines were mostly from California (144 wineries), but a few examples from Arizona (2 wineries) and Washington State (5 wineries) were also included. While this is a California-dominated event, and while many of the Rhone Valley’s best producers aren’t represented, there is still sufficient European and other entries to make for interesting comparisons and contrasts. The events included two general tastings and a series of focused seminars.

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2016 Lagier Meredith Syrah, USA, California, Napa, Mt. Veeder, Wine Review

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2016

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I am a big fan of the Lagier Meredith wines. For some reason, this is the first review on this site, but that will be corrected. Steve Lagier is a lifelong winery worker with impressive credits and associations going way back to Robert Mondavi. Carole Meredith is a retired oenology professor at UC - Davis and one of the preeminent wine grape DNA researchers. This winery is a two man team on top of a mountain. Despite PG&E turning off the power, these two didn't even blink. If there ever is a Zombie apocalypse, this is the place to be. First, it is way too steep for Zombie's to ge

2007 Lagier Meredith Syrah, USA, California, Napa, Mt. Veeder, Wine Review

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I am a huge fan of the eponymous winery of Steve Lagier and Carole Meredith. They make some wonderful wines on their remote property in the mountains of Napa. And they are great values. Purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose is nice with black raspberries, smoked meats, slight floral note and baking spices. On the palate, this has a wonderful texture. Lots of black cherry and black raspberry fruit with underlying char and slight earthiness. Nice At age 13, this seems close to peak but may yet improve. Either way, it should have ten to twelve years before slowly fading. This w

2006 Lagier Meredith Syrah, USA, California, Napa, Mount Veeder, Wine Review

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