The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Thompson Vineyard, Special Bottling, Syrah 2000 Dessert Its dense purple color

Its dense purple color

The wines are put in vats for 15 days to rest quietly before bottling where they are neither fined nor filtered

The Griotte vineyard is the smallest of the Grand Cru vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin — only 2

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The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Thompson Vineyard, Special Bottling, Syrah 2000 Dessert Its dense purple colorInto 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