The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Thompson Vineyard, Special Bottling, Syrah 2000 Fortified It's feminine and silky with

It's feminine and silky with a flawlessly polished veneer that mostly glosses over the tannins

but at below average levels

with spicy red fruit flavors and a rather silky texture for the vintage and for this bottling

minerality

A rustic expression of To Kalon

The Ojai Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, Thompson Vineyard, Special Bottling, Syrah 2000 Fortified It's feminine and silky withInto 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