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Alban Vineyards is a California estate with a global reputation for its powerful Rhône-influenced blends and varietal wines, which are all sold on allocation, with a lengthy waiting list.
The company is located in the Edna Valley in the southern corner of San Luis Obispo County. In total, Alban has 27 hectares (66 acres) under vine mostly located around the winery. This land has a range of different soil types and mesoclimates, making site selection vital. Alban produces around 6000 cases of wine per year, and has also sold grapes to many other producers of note, including Sine Qua Non.
Varietal | Syrah |
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Vintage | 2006 |
Rating | 100 RP |
Bottle Size | 750 ml |
Bottle Quantity | 1 |
Country | USA |
Region | California |
Location | Central Coast |
Producer | Alban Vineyards |
Color | Red |
Wine Type | Table |
Robert Parker | 100 RP - Named after his raven-haired Irish wife, the 2006 Syrah Lorraine, which comes from more sandy soils, is another prodigious effort. Like all of these wines, it is a remarkable wine of extraordinary intensity, with a stunning nose of blueberries, bacon fat, camphor, and even darker blackberries, along with unreal minerality and definition for a wine of this size and power. Full-bodied, with profound intensity of flavor as well as purity, this is another wine that spent nearly three and a half years in barrel prior to being bottled unfined and unfiltered. While there are 2,500 six-pack cases of the Reva, there will be only 350 six-packs of the Lorraine. |
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Varietal | Syrah |
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Vintage | 2006 |
Rating | 100 RP |
Bottle Size | 750 ml |
Bottle Quantity | 1 |
Country | USA |
Region | California |
Location | Central Coast |
Producer | Alban Vineyards |
Color | Red |
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