Andremily Wines - Red Blend EABA 2017 (750ml)
Price: $125.00
| Producer | Andremily Wines |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Sonoma Coast |
| Varietal | Rhone Style Blend |
| Vintage | 2017 |
| Sku | 1712268 |
| Size | 750ml |
Based out of Ventura California, Andremily Wines was set up by Jim Binns, formerly – and for twelve years - the cellar master at Sine Qua Non, and his wife Rachel in 2012 and produces a number of artisanal bottlings from Rhone varieties with a particular focus on Syrah and Syrah based blends. Andremily works with vineyard sites that they feel most faithfully reflect what California Syrah has to offer. The name Andremily derives from the names of their children – Andrew and Emily.
Wine Advocate: 96-98 Points
The very first vintage of this label the 2017 EABA (ee-buh) will be bottled in August 2019 and is composed of 58% Syrah 28% Mourvedre 11% Grenache and 3% Viognier employing 60% whole cluster. It is an uber-blend of Bien Nacido White Hawk Larner Harrison-Clarke Watch Hill and Alta Mesa Vineyards. It will spend around 22 months in French oak barriques 50% new. Deep garnet-purple colored it has quite a savory/meaty nose sporting notions of salami black olives tobacco garrigue and tilled soil over a core of preserved plums and baked blueberries plus wafts of black pepper and rosemary. Full-bodied and super concentrated the palate possesses a rock-solid structure with firm ripe rounded tannins and great freshness finishing long with a minerally lift on the finish.
Jeb Dunnuck: 98 Points
The 2017 Eaba was bottled in August of last year and is 58% Syrah 28% Mourvèdre 11% Grenache and 3% Viognier that saw 60% stems and 50% new French oak. This meaty bloody effort has loads of spiced plum and darker fruit character as well as notes of iron beef blood spice and peppery herbs. Full-bodied and gorgeously textured with good acidity and ripe tannins it's going to benefit from 3-4 years of bottle age and keep for 20 years as well.
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