Stillman Brown (Zeppelin Winery) Colossus Syrah - 2 Pack
$49.99 + $5 shipping
CONDITION: Red
PRODUCT: 2 2010 Colossus Syrah, Paso Robles, Zeppelin Winery
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What is it that Mark knows he's not telling us, yet...?

Friends, Family, Fans and Stalkers; Trolls, Drunks and Geeks, I welcome myself back! I wanted to name this wine 'Colossus of Rhones' but the Feds unkindly pointed out that the French don't look too kindly on such abuse. You can't see the Colossus statue astride the harbor entrance on the label at the angle photographed by Woot, ahem - just Morro Rock with a Zeppelin over it. You can see the full label and stats/description at ZeppelinWinery.com.

rjquillin wrote:What is it that Mark knows he's not telling us, yet...?

He knows Stillman is a great winemaker. And is probably on his autobuy list.

I personally have to think this over after not really liking his 09' Black zep. but loving the four other wines of his that I have tried.

In time for Christmas? Seriously? I'm still waiting on my port from Gift Week to SHIP! At the rate it is taking it to ship, and including the transit time to TX, it'll be after the 1st! GRRRRRR Gift Week is a time to buy gifts and not have to worry about shipping.

One the other hand, I'm very curious about this one IF it is a 100% before Christmas.

I am flabbergasted, a winery that won't ship to NM. Pretty odd, we are fairly lax on our interstate wine laws

I've been lucky enough to taste barrel samples of this over the past 2 months.... get it!!! NOW!!! the fruit will blow your mind! Cheers . . . fff

cortot20 wrote:He knows Stillman is a great winemaker. And is probably on his autobuy list.

I personally have to think this over after not really liking his 09' Black zep. but loving the four other wines of his that I have tried.

Hmmm. This is richer than the '05 Black, but not as tannic. Definitely bigger and less Petite Sirah earth than the 09 BZ.

Damn at 17% if you don't like it you can use it to fire up the BBQ.

A dual purpose wine! I'm in!

bkarlan wrote:I am flabbergasted, a winery that won't ship to NM. Pretty odd, we are fairly lax on our interstate wine laws

I was just told today that the NM governor took money away from the ABC to enforce the license fee that the Legislature passed . . . but I'd already told Woot to leave NM and NH off the list. Damn!

clcaruthers wrote:In time for Christmas? Seriously? I'm still waiting on my port from Gift Week to SHIP! At the rate it is taking it to ship, and including the transit time to TX, it'll be after the 1st! GRRRRRR Gift Week is a time to buy gifts and not have to worry about shipping.

One the other hand, I'm very curious about this one IF it is a 100% before Christmas.

Arranged to ship to WineWoot's HQ tomorrow so it can go out ASAP. Yeah, we thought of that!

Cesare wrote:Stillman Brown (Zeppelin Winery) Colossus Syrah - 2 Pack
$49.99 + $5 shipping
CONDITION: Red
PRODUCT: 2 2010 Colossus Syrah, Paso Robles, Zeppelin Winery
CT link above

Website

Cesare, that is not the right link; this is separate from Red Zeppelin Winery. The right website is ZeppelinWinery.com, thanks!

This winery makes me miss living on the Central Coast. In for three!

Label also visible at

http://www.stillmanbrown.blogspot.com/


MOD: Made it a link for ya.

There is a full label image of the Colossus at ZeppelinWinery.com - and some other fun stuff - great soundtrack, and some other label images that never saw the woot of day!

Hot damn tamale, Cesare, thank you! I owe you a peanut butter and banana sammich and a pair of earplugs!

tytiger58 wrote:Damn at 17% if you don't like it you can use it to fire up the BBQ.

A dual purpose wine! I'm in!

If ya need gas to light your Q you're not doing it right ?!?

Light the coals, drink a glass... spread the coals, drink a glass ... put the meat on, drink a glass .... serve, and open a new bottle! cheers ya crazy cats and kittens! fff

Looks interesting....considering.

While I ponder purchasing.....I wonder if Wine David has some bubbly for the holidays in the wine.woot pipeline ?

tytiger58 wrote:Damn at 17% if you don't like it you can use it to fire up the BBQ.

A dual purpose wine! I'm in!

Ha! It was 17.5 before I blended it 'down' with the Mystery Syrah. Wish I could put 34 proof on the label but for once I made enough of it that I had to go the legal route.

stillmanbrown wrote:Ha! It was 17.5 before I blended it 'down' with the Mystery Syrah. Wish I could put 34 proof on the label but for once I made enough of it that I had to go the legal route.

Good god Stillman, wadda ya trying to do to us

bsevern wrote:Good god Stillman, wadda ya trying to do to us

Well, at least it isn't in magnums only. (If it had been, there would have been 666 of them. Seriously, I made 111 cases. Weird eh?)

stillmanbrown wrote:Well, at least it isn't in magnums only. (If it had been, there would have been 666 of them. Seriously, I made 111 cases. Weird eh?)

Gotta admit this sounds like some killer juice, being so young, how long does it need to cellar, or is it drinking fine now?

bsevern wrote:Gotta admit this sounds like some killer juice, being so young, how long does it need to cellar, or is it drinking fine now?

It's not high in tannin. If I only had two bottles, I'd open one for Elvis' bday (Jan 8) and the second in a year or two. The wine of mine it most resembles, the 2005 La Mort Du Roi, has barely changed since 08, so it would probably keep several years especially if you have 55F storage. Or you could drink them early and wait for the next vintage. There will be a 2011 from the same vineyard but I might not have enough for woot - got 2 tons/acre last year but only one this year.

There's a picture of the primary vineyard of this wine at my blog stillmanbrown.com - it's the second post after the Colossus blather. Westside Paso, Peachy Canyon Rd, 12 year old clone 877, I could go on. But it's a nice pic from this year's harvest, combined with some bragging about my crop estimation. Nobody's perfect.

Cool...one of those popes hat things....

In for three. Had a chance to taste this Friday at Stillman's new tasting room at Morro Bay. You need to buy this, don't let the 17% throw you, this is an awesome wine! Thanks again Stillman for a great start to an incredible central coast wine crawl weekend.

hobbyisle wrote:In for three. Had a chance to taste this Friday at Stillman's new tasting room at Morro Bay. You need to buy this, don't let the 17% throw you, this is an awesome wine! Thanks again Stillman for a great start to an incredible central coast wine crawl weekend.

Thanks! Sorry none of my local band maniacs were playing . . .

Couldn't resist!

Stillman Brown (Zeppelin Winery) Colossus Syrah - 2 Pack
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Finally figured out what I wanted for Christmas! In for 3...

hobbyisle wrote:In for three. Had a chance to taste this Friday at Stillman's new tasting room at Morro Bay. You need to buy this, don't let the 17% throw you, this is an awesome wine! Thanks again Stillman for a great start to an incredible central coast wine crawl weekend.

Yeah, I'm gonna need you to come in on Saturday to work on those tasting note reports, mm-kay? That'd be great...

Mr. Brown, can you share some cooperage stats?

Mr. Idle, where can I buy some of your music?

Mr. Zeppelin, have you been to California with an aching in your heart?
(OK, that last question was rhetorical)

harmonious1 wrote:Mr. Brown, can you share some cooperage stats?

Yep, 3 barrels old, 1 barrel new French, 1 barrel new Hungarian!

Mr. Idle, where can I buy some of your music?

That's not my music on ZeppelinWinery.com, that's a Dread Zeppelin original called "Weight Loss Solution". I can barely manage one set of Ramones before my voice blows out, sometimes half a song.

Mr. Zeppelin, have you been to California with an aching in your heart?
(OK, that last question was rhetorical)

I think Rolaids is off the market?!?

stillmanbrown wrote:I was just told today that the NM governor took money away from the ABC to enforce the license fee that the Legislature passed . . . but I'd already told Woot to leave NM and NH off the list. Damn!

Thanks for making my decision easy! This offering looked intriguing. Your decision to save $100 for the NH permit means I have $110 more to spend on wines that I already know I enjoy...

To borrow a phrase from the Bob (Dylan): "Ain't it just like the (woot) to play tricks when you're trying to be so quiet"...

then you go and throw Stillman at us!

knowing we can't resist.

autobuy for three

I'll resist later...

flipflopfrank wrote:I've been lucky enough to taste barrel samples of this over the past 2 months.... get it!!! NOW!!! the fruit will blow your mind! Cheers . . . fff

...explained

"Don't shoot arrows at the Colossus, he shoots back."

stillmanbrown wrote:

"Yep, 3 barrels old, 1 barrel new French, 1 barrel new Hungarian!"

12 months or so? Overall this wine sounds very appealing to me except that I don't like big oak and the description had me worried but the ratio of old/new French barrels looks pretty good, with the wildcard being the Hungarian barrel as I don't know how that compares to French.

stillmanbrown wrote:

"That's not my music on ZeppelinWinery.com, that's a Dread Zeppelin original called "Weight Loss Solution". I can barely manage one set of Ramones before my voice blows out, sometimes half a song."

Ahh, ok... who does that Spambake tune on one of your other blogs? Cuz I also liked that alot.

Thanks for your time and participation!

edit: still have my well-worn Ramones "Leave Home" on vinyl, I should probably service my turntable.... or buy a replacement cd.... or go to the iTunes store, wow I think I just entered the 21st century!

That's the Colossus you can't see in the bottle shot, by the way. He would be about 800' high, as Morro Rock is over 500'. (Its nickname of the Gibraltar of the Pacific was clearly bestowed by someone who had not seen the original, which is three times the height, stuffed with guns, and crowned with monkeys. Ahem.)
Next white wine label, the power plant stacks being torn down by a titanic Cthulhu, while the Colossus snores next to the breakwater, empty bottles around him. Big bottles. I have not identified the artist to carry out this work yet.(2011 Grenache Blanc with about 20% Viognier.)