INTRODUCING OUR NEW SYRAH LABEL -
HILL CLIMBER, Rockaway Vineyard.

For the past few years we have been working on securing top-quality Syrah grapes, a grape we think has a great future in California - especially in the coastal mountains where the soils are rocky and steep. This is the ideal type of location for bring out the best characteristics of Syrah.

We have been very fortunate in being able to establish farming arrangements with several top growers with vineyards located on sites that we think will produce Americaís greatest Syrahs. Our debut release featuring a completely new Tony Auston label design and package will be from the Rockaway Vineyard in the Alexander Valley Mountains overlooking the Russian River. Itís a fabulous Syrah. Just 300 six-bottle packs were produced for the entire world. We plan to introduce a spectacular second HILL CLIMBER vineyard bottling from Napa next year under a designation to be revealed later.

If you would like to get in on the limited initial offering, which is coming soon, please contact us to be on the separate HILL CLIMBER Buyers List. Because of the extremely limited quantities and a highest quality reputation, these will be difficult wines to obtain except directly through our list. Click the link below to sign up today!

Rockaway Vineyard
Alexander Valley. Showing the kind of fruity concentration and richness that often mark the dramatic Zinfandels of Biale, this bold, impressively filled Syrah is long on spice and blackberries with more than a little oak scattered along its length. Very ripe, yet surprisingly well-balanced considering its 15% alcohol, the wine holds heat to a minimum and finishes with just a touch of tannic dryness. Effusive though it may be even now, it should be even better after a few years' wait.

-Connoisseur's Guide to California Wine Magazine

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