Bonaccorsi Santa Ynez Syrah 2-Pack
$54.99 (Normally $85.00) 35% off List Price
1 Bonaccorsi 2007 Santa Ynez Syrah
1 Bonaccorsi 2007 Larner Syrah
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Relatively low alcohol (14%) for the area and the varietal. Is it really 14%? Acidity also looks pretty good, again, considering the varietal. Seems like a more restrained winery style. Kind of interesting.

So if we aren't careful "Syrah" could be claimed by the contingent of alternative parents who are dead set on replacing various vowels in the names of their children with y's.

There's a girl in my daughter's 3rd grade class named Shiryz!

blakewoot wrote:There's a girl in my daughter's 3rd grade class named Shiryz!

Pronunciation?

Awesome vinyeard; wonderful winery and winemaker; classic vintage = a wine for wine.wooters!

Seriously, this is a great bottle of wine, and I can tell you that the 'sweet spot' for syrah from this vineyard is normally in the low 14%s in my humble opinion (I also do a syrah and grenache from this vineyard).

Cheers!

tercerowines wrote:Awesome vinyeard; wonderful winery and winemaker; classic vintage = a wine for wine.wooters!

Seriously, this is a great bottle of wine, and I can tell you that the 'sweet spot' for syrah from this vineyard is normally in the low 14%s in my humble opinion (I also do a syrah and grenache from this vineyard).

Cheers!

Have to agree, although I wish WW would have gotten in on the 06's a year ago when they were hot. Lot18 has featured Bonnaccorsi three or four times, usually at $30/bottle. So pretty comparable pricing, although shipping here beats all. Still a nice grab WD.

Bonaccorsi is much more known for their pinot noirs (especially the single vineyards, Oh! Mutating Goodness!).

That is not to take anything away from their syrahs, and I'm thrilled to see them here on woot!

In for two!


Just checked, and I had the 2006 Larner back on 9/11/2011, and my notes are as follows:

Very ripe; glad I opened it in time. Nice leather note, not too dry. All in all very balanced. Dark fruit, stone fruit, slight white pepper note; like the tannins. Good structure! Excited for it to breathe for a while and evolve.

These look tasty...

I've had both the 2007 Star Lane and Larner Syrahs. Alcohol Content: From my experience with Bonaccorsi Pinot Noirs, they tend to be the 14-14.5% range, but their Syrahs are in the 15.5-15.9 range (2006 Star Lane was 15.9 brought down some afterwards but not by much). I bought and tried mine (2007 Star Lane and 2007 Larner Syrah) in April 2012, but I don't have my notes. However, there were 2 things were burned into my mind: (1) heat - high alcohol, I believe the Star Lane and Larner are in about 15.6 (2) too young, too disjointed, needed time. My other 3 bottles are in my brother's cellars. I think this will, in another 2-3 years, be a very good wine. If your taste buds are acclimated to high alcohol wines, you can probably drink this now. But I think another 6 months would do the 2007 Star Lane and Larner Syrahs some good.

pfajardo19 wrote:I've had both the 2007 Star Lane and Larner Syrahs. Alcohol Content: From my experience with Bonaccorsi Pinot Noirs, they tend to be the 14-14.5% range, but their Syrahs are in the 15.5-15.9 range (2006 Star Lane was 15.9 brought down some afterwards but not by much). I bought and tried mine (2007 Star Lane and 2007 Larner Syrah) in April 2012, but I don't have my notes. However, there were 2 things were burned into my mind: (1) heat - high alcohol, I believe the Star Lane and Larner are in about 15.6 (2) too young, too disjointed, needed time. My other 3 bottles are in my brother's cellars. I think this will, in another 2-3 years, be a very good wine. If your taste buds are acclimated to high alcohol wines, you can probably drink this now. But I think another 6 months would do the 2007 Star Lane and Larner Syrahs some good.

Star Lane and Larner are in the Santa Ynez Valley (Central Coast), but they are different from the Santa Ynez Syrah or AKA Bonaccorsi Syrah (standard name), so I can't really say how the 2007 Santa Ynez will taste although I can't see them making this under 15.5% alcohol because that's their style for Syrahs.

pfajardo19 wrote:Star Lane and Larner are in the Santa Ynez Valley (Central Coast), but they are different from the Santa Ynez Syrah or AKA Bonaccorsi Syrah (standard name), so I can't really say how the 2007 Santa Ynez will taste although I can't see them making this under 15.5% alcohol because that's their style for Syrahs.

Both are listed at 14%.

jmdavidson wrote:Have to agree, although I wish WW would have gotten in on the 06's a year ago when they were hot. Lot18 has featured Bonnaccorsi three or four times, usually at $30/bottle. So pretty comparable pricing, although shipping here beats all. Still a nice grab WD.

Do the Lot 18 people have any kind of guerilla board where they talk about the offerings? I'm always afraid to dive into their offers specifically because there is no board like this one where people can post their comments about the product.

gastrognome wrote:Do the Lot 18 people have any kind of guerilla board where they talk about the offerings? I'm always afraid to dive into their offers specifically because there is no board like this one where people can post their comments about the product.

I am not aware of such boards for Lot18. Wish they, and others, were like WW in that regard.

brainchasm wrote:Bonaccorsi is much more known for their pinot noirs (especially the single vineyards, Oh! Mutating Goodness!).

I'm probably in the minority with this POV, but I think Syrah is better than Pinot in the cooler parts of Santa Ynez including SRH. And on top of that, Pinot producers often make the best Syrah. Syrah has plenty of power and tannin--the Pinot mindset often yields spectacular results in bringing finesse to Syrah. Heck, I often think the Syrah is the best wine in the stable with many PN producers.

Larner is a great Syrah vineyard on top of everything else. I also noticed Bonaccorsi makes a Bien Nacido Syrah. There aren't many of these around, but Bien Nacido Syrahs are simply spectacular. I doubt they'd be able to buy the fruit if they weren't producing killer juice.

I was impressed with the 2006 Star Lane Syrah from Bonaccorsi. I'm definitely considering going in on this.

Hello,
This is Jenne Lee Bonaccorsi.
Sorry to join the party so late.
Yes, the 2 syrah are definitely lower alcohol than you have seen in some of our other vintages. But I have made Pinots that have been higher than 14.5, and Syrah lower than 14.5. We sometimes have to make decisions to get it riper as some of the vineyards I work with the syrah fruit gets the green elements I do not like in wine,
such as bell pepper, too herbal, etc. But we are also talking about Happy Canyon which can get to be in the upwards of 100 degrees.
It really depends on the vintage. 2007 happened to be a great vintage for us and the weather was very consistent.
I am not sure I would describe these wines as restrained. I love my pinots and syrah to have power, concentration.
But please remember that the numbers that we throw at you, ph, ta, etc. can sometimes be arbitrary. The numbers help us make a healthy sound wine, but you actually have to taste the fruit to know what needs to be done.
JLB

pfajardo19 wrote:I've had both the 2007 Star Lane and Larner Syrahs. Alcohol Content: From my experience with Bonaccorsi Pinot Noirs, they tend to be the 14-14.5% range, but their Syrahs are in the 15.5-15.9 range (2006 Star Lane was 15.9 brought down some afterwards but not by much). I bought and tried mine (2007 Star Lane and 2007 Larner Syrah) in April 2012, but I don't have my notes. However, there were 2 things were burned into my mind: (1) heat - high alcohol, I believe the Star Lane and Larner are in about 15.6 (2) too young, too disjointed, needed time. My other 3 bottles are in my brother's cellars. I think this will, in another 2-3 years, be a very good wine. If your taste buds are acclimated to high alcohol wines, you can probably drink this now. But I think another 6 months would do the 2007 Star Lane and Larner Syrahs some good.

I agree with you. The 2006 Syrah is tasting really well. Our Syrah needs time. So do our Pinots.
But it really depends on how you like your wines. I tend to like some age but not too much age.
Obviously, these are generalities as some producer's wines hold up really well.
But I would rather drink my burgundies in the 10-15 year range, not 20-25.
JLB

jmdavidson wrote:Have to agree, although I wish WW would have gotten in on the 06's a year ago when they were hot. Lot18 has featured Bonnaccorsi three or four times, usually at $30/bottle. So pretty comparable pricing, although shipping here beats all. Still a nice grab WD.