The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Thompson Vineyard, Special Bottling, Syrah 2000 Bordeaux Blanc Beautiful nose of red fruits

Beautiful nose of red fruits

Female - Grenache 2013 (1

Intensely saline and energetic

Disgorged in October 2022

broad and palate-saturating

The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Thompson Vineyard, Special Bottling, Syrah 2000 Bordeaux Blanc Beautiful nose of red fruitsInto Neck Adam Tolmach, The Ojai Winemaker So what makes the 2000 Thompson Special Bottling specialbesides the wooden box it comes in if you buy six bottles? Well, we think Thompson is special every year, but, in 2000, the wine is extraordinary. At Thompson, things looked like usual near harvest. Our spot at the top of the hill was ripening up more quickly than the rest of the vineyard, which is typical. Then we had an incredible hot spell that