WTN: Two BrocCllrs Syrahs...(short/boring)

We tried these two last night after the Radio-Coteaus:
1. BrocCllrs Syrah BennetVllyVnyd/DryStackVnyd/BennettVlly (15.5%) JCCllrs/Oakland 2003: Very dark color w/ no bricking; rather minty/menthol very strong ripe/blackberry/boysenberry/Syrah slight peppery bit alcoholic/Paso-like nose; rather hot/alcoholic very strong very ripe/boysenberry/Syrah/blackberry/framboise slight peppery flavor w/ light ripe/soft tannins; very long very ripe/boysenberry/Syrah/blackberry bit hot/alcoholic light menty/menthol finish w/ light ripe tannins; very much on the very ripe side and doesn't show much the cold-climate/BennetVlly side of Syrah.
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2. BrocCllrs Syrah DryStackVnyd/BennettVlly (15.5%) JCCllrs 2004: Very dark/near black color w/ no bricking; bit alcoholic some toasty/oak intense boysenberry/Syrah/very ripe slight minty/menthol rather chocolaty/licorice rather perfumed nose; soft/fat/lush very ripe/boysenberry/Syrah/blackberry/chocolaty slight minty/menthol some toasty/oak flavor w/ light ripe tannins; very long intense ripe/boysenberry/Syrah/licorice/chocolaty bit alcoholic/hot light toasty/oak finish w/ light ripe tannins.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. BrocCllrs is ChrisBrockway. Located in lower Berkeley.
These Syrahs were very much on the ripe side and didn't show much of the peppery/cold-climate Syrah character you get out of most BennettVlly Syrahs. That said, I thought they had aged pretty well for such ripe Syrahs. They just don't show much complexity you'd expect from 10+ yr old Syrahs.
My impression is that Chris has backed away from this style (he done see'd the light) of wine and is making subtler/more nuanced wines that are more expressive of the vnyd site. When I tasted there in his tasting room a couple of yrs ago, that was certainly my impression. I should (and will) revisit his wines again. www.broccellars.com
Tom

His current release Syrah is called Cuvee 11.9 for a reason, Tom. Most of his wines are now clocking in under 13.5%, although he still has one high octane syrah he is still selling.
Said Cuvee is quite high in acid...a bit like Donkey and Goat next door. But then, it was really, really young, too (2014 vintage)
Definitely not following his former day job style.

One question, though...were these released under the JC Cellars label? Because these definitely sound like massive JC Cellars wines.

One question, though...were these released under the JC Cellars label? Because these definitely sound like massive JC Cellars wines.

Nope, Brian.....the labels were definitely stated as BrocCllrs. But a much different design than his current ones.
It just said JCCllrs on the back label in fine print.
Tom