WTN: 2013 Enfield Syrah Haynes Vineyard

[David M. Bueker]

2013 Enfield Wine Co. Syrah Haynes Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley (8/11/2016)
Sampled over two nights (so far), and it was even more interesting on the second night. Right on opening there was a bit of a wall. The wine needed an hour of air to start showing more than a monolithic, dense personality. It slowly opened up to reveal meaty, tar, herbal and dark red fruit tones. I was late getting to it, so I recorked the bottle and put it aside for a night. Well tonight it was another thing entirely. Gone was the monolithic presence, replaced by a nuanced, floral accented archetype of Syrah. All the meat and tar was still there, but the fruit was simultaneously riper and more elegant, and the overall balance on point through the finishing tannin.

The wine appears to be poised for positive evolution in the cellar, allowing the complexity and nuance of night two to come to the fore.

[Jenise]

That sounds really good. Haynes Vineyard is resonating in my head but I can't place the memory. Copain, maybe? Didn't Turley make a zin from Haynes vineyard fruit?

[David M. Bueker]

Turley has Hayne.

Haynes is a different site.

[David M. Bueker]

2013 Enfield Wine Co. Syrah Haynes Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley, Coombsville (10/27/2022)
My last bottle of the 2013, and of course it’s the best. Balance is spot on from the first pour, with all the meat and briny olive you could want, and still plenty of black fruit. Nothing out of place, nothing overdone. There’s just a little bit of California sunshine on the Rhône base. Moderate tannins in harmony with the fruit, so those who have some need not worry about further cellaring. Just a lovely bottle of Syrah.