{"product_id":"lot-612-2024-diamond-mountain-syrah-750ml","title":"Lot 612 | 2024 Diamond Mountain Syrah 750ml","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left; font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;\"\u003e***BOTTLING MID-JUNE, SHIPPING SHORTLY AFTER***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"\u003eA wine so rare that even most folks here in wine country aren’t aware of it? That’s what we’ve landed for you today. It doesn’t get more “true insider’s wine” than a Diamond Mountain Syrah from the very top shelf!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"\u003eTo put its rarity in perspective, let’s start with the varietal itself – Syrah only accounts for about 1% of all bearing vineyard acres in Napa (and a fair share of it is used in blends), which leaves few single varietal bottlings scattered across the entire valley. When you filter out all the producers except for the top tier, that list of names dwindles to merely a handful. And to take it one step further and limit the pool to just apex mountain sites? Now you’re in unicorn territory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"\u003eLot 612 is as fine an expression of this Rhône varietal as you can find in Napa: a 100% estate-grown, single-vineyard mountain gem. We obviously can’t say much about the winery given how tiny the list of possibilities is; however, we can say that what’s in the bottle is sublime. Our source has harnessed Syrah’s innate character and married it to Diamond Mountain’s distinctive volcanic \u003cem\u003eterroir\u003c\/em\u003e and high-elevation elegance. Good luck to the average civilian trying to hunt down a taste of this small-lot production – a few library vintages appear at various boutique retailers once in a while, but why send yourself on a scavenger hunt when we’ve done all the hard work for you? Possessing unmistakable pedigree and crafted by winemaking masters, this $80+\/bottle Diamond Mountain sensation is now accessible to our readers for an incredible price!\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;\"\u003eOur price: $28\/bottle!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"\u003eSyrah is one of the great high-pigment red varieties, naturally rich in anthocyanins – the skin-borne phenolics that give red wine its depth of color. At high elevations, intensified sunlight\/UV exposure, cooler nights, and a longer ripening curve yields berries with a higher skin-to-juice ratio that concentrates color, tannin, and flavor – all the ingredients for extraordinary quality. In the cellar, that intensity was refined through a top-of-the-line aging program, seeing over 20 months in select 50% new French oak barrels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"\u003eIntensely dark in the glass, the nose is filled with concentrated blackberry, plum sauce reduction, and blackcurrant, layered with cedar, black peppercorn, and a distinctly earthy terroir. The entry is powerful and savory from the outset, carrying waves of dark blue and black fruit with accents of milk chocolate, iodine, and earth. Fabulous structure meets dusty tannins without overwhelming its sense of balance or precision, and the finish is both resonant and resinous – a cascade of dark fruit, barrel spice, vanilla bean, and iris over an almost infinite umami current. This will be delicious for a \u003cem\u003elong\u003c\/em\u003e time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.4% alc\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"de Négoce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56399204516006,"sku":"BTL.OG0612","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0338\/3299\/2908\/files\/Lot612-24DiamondMtnNVSyrah.png?v=1776718794","url":"https:\/\/www.denegoce.com\/products\/lot-612-2024-diamond-mountain-syrah-750ml","provider":"de Négoce","version":"1.0","type":"link"}