2008 Arcadian Syrah Hommage à Max- USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Ynez Valley (4/9/2020)
Fascinating wine that has the suave character of a ripe Cabernet, combined with the sauvage, meaty elements of Syrah. Deep black fruit, herbal and tar aromas carry through an Impeccably balanced palate that echoes and expands the aromatics. My gosh I wish this was a magnum.
Damn, that’s one helluva note. Am now regretting having both of my bottles at offsite; sounds like this would be awesome with tonight’s planned dinner of pork chops and lentils.
For those in the know, do you know what vineyards are in this? And since 2008 was a cooler year than 2007, I would expect some differences between the two.
The 2008 blend was a single barrel each of Stolpman Estrella and Purisima T99 with a bit of Sleepy Hollow thrown in for good measure all from 1 year old barrels.
3.44pH 7.1 g/l TA 14.5 % alc
The 2007 blend 1bbl of Purisima T99 and 1bbl Stolpman cln7 and 1 bbl Stolpman Estrella. 1 year old bbls
3.5ph 7.4 g/l /TA 14.7 alc
Arcadian has gone out of business. Website is closed as is the tasting room. The former Arcadian Winery on Santa Rosa Road has the name of Terre et Entre but their website has no info.
Not a joke. There was a thread about this not too long ago. Joe sold Arcadian and the new owner has him onboard as winemaker for a new entity - I think that Stephen mentioned the name in his reply above. And I believe Stephen and Joe may have some unfinished business - though not sure about that.
The real question is what will happen to the Arcadian bottles that are still out there - what happens if any of them are corked, for instance? Or ‘faulty’ in other ways? And are there still library wines available to purchase? So many unanswered questions - perhaps Joe will come back and answer some of these?
Hey Massimo, can you post the link to the thread? Can’t find it or anything about it on a Google search. Love to get the story from Joe if he has the time.