2012 Bedrock Wine Co. Syrah Weill Vineyard Expositions #3

The '2012 Proprietary Red Weill Vineyard Exposition Project Trio' is three incredible wines from Sonoma County. This is Twain-Peterson’s take on the three LaLa wines from the Guigal family in Côte-Rôtie. He is emphasizing distinct clonal terroir and exposition differences as well as vinifying the wines separately. All three of the following wines were aged 36 months in 100% new French oak. My favorite, as it would be if we were tasting Guigal’s La Mouline, is the 2012 Proprietary Red Weill Vineyard Exposition 3, which is 84% Syrah and 16% Viognier with 10% whole-clusters. From a south-facing block, this is definitely a wine of great intensity and incredible complexity, with notes of lychee nut, honeysuckle, black raspberries, crème de cassis and blackberry pie. Full-bodied, opulent, voluptuously textured and massively fruity and rich, this is a stunner and a profound wine, as are its two siblings. This is a great experiment, and the good news, I suppose, is that there are 125 cases of each of these incredible expressions of Syrah. (RP) Review Date: October 2015