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Tensley Santa Barbara Syrah 2010Price: $22.50    Case Price: $20.25

Tensleysyrah
Color:
Red
Body/Type:
Full Bodied
Style:
Modern
Size:
Bottle, 750 ml
Winery:
Tensley
Grapes:
Syrah
Serve At:
59°-64° F
Region:
USA > California > Santa Barbara

The grapes for this year’s Santa Barbara Syrah are from five distinct vineyards. 40% from Camp 4 Vineyard, 25% is from the Mormon Vineyard in the Santa Rita Hills and the remainder comes from Thompson, Tierra Alta, and Colson Canyon in equal parts.

Tensley Wines is a family owned and operated winery focusing on vineyard designated Syrah within Santa Barbara County. Established in 1998, the first release of Tensley totaled just 100 cases. In 2006, their production reached 3,300 cases and included seven single-vineyard Syrahs, the most in Santa Barbara County. Though Tensley has grown in size, the philosophy has never changed - source the best fruit possible and let the vineyard speak for itself.

Ask Steve Clifton about what makes Santa Barbara a great place in California to grow Italian grapes and he'll say that they found the climate and soil types are similar to those in Northern Italy. Another parallel is that Santa Barbara County features a unique transverse mountain range, running from east to west that funnels oceanic influence into the valleys. The Alaskan current runs along the Pacific coastline until Point Concepcion where it juts in and pushes the cold air into the valley. Morning maritime fog rolls in slowly and finally meets the warm desert air flowing from the east and the Los Padres National Forest. This climatic result is very similar to what happens in the regions of Piedmont and Friuli, except that the elements are reversed. There, the Alps send extremely cold mountain air down into the hills as the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas create a warming air that comes into the hills and valleys. This confluence of Mediterranean and Alpine air creates many microclimates that are perfect winegrape growing conditions.

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