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Spectator 95 - Parker 93 - Duke 98!
Cheers from the Duke of Bourbon!

Sounds like the score of a football game from another dimension. How do you tell who wins? Those are actually wine scores and the winner is the consumer.

Several months ago, we offered futures on two great Margerum wines.

Well, it turns out that Doug Margerum had been holding out on us. He made miniscule quantities of two other Syrahs and has agreed to allow the Duke to sell them for him. We had the chance to taste them and were simply stunned with the intensity of the wine and the purity of the fruit flavors. In fact, one staff member was busted for going back for a third retaste. Robert Parker, himself, tasted these two wines while he was visiting the Santa Ynez area and awarded one 93 and the other 92 points; his notes are included in the descriptions below.

Margerum 2002 Syrah, Colson Canyon Vineyard

High above the Santa Maria Valley, grower Rio Rieswig farms the Colson Canyon Vineyard to produce absurdly low yields and incredibly intense, small clusters with bb-sized grapes. The wine from this vineyard is very rich with nice concentration and abundant sexy aromas of white chocolate, pink peppercorns, and dried rose petals. Parker notes: "The 2002 Syrah Colson Canyon Vineyard (92) while not the powerhouse of the Great Oaks Ranch is concentrated with deep, pure blueberry and blackberry fruit intermixed with smoke, graphite, and white flowers. Elegant, medium to full-bodied, and harmonious, it will drink well for a decade."

Because of the exceptionally low yields in the vineyard, Doug was able to make only 600 bottles total for the Syrah lovers of the world. The Duke is making it available to you on a pre-sell basis until October 15, 2003 for $30.00 per bottle with an additional 5% off on a 6-pack case.

Margerum 2002 Syrah, Vogelzang Vineyard

This is the most intense and dark wine that Doug makes. Cold-soaked and cold-fermented over a period of two months from his small section of the Vogelzang Vineyard in Happy Canyon, which was farmed to yield less than two tons per acre. (Happy Canyon was named for the Duke staff shortly after they tasted this wine.) Parker rhapsodizes: "More succulent and sweet without losing its elegance and finesse, the 2002 Syrah Vogelzang Vineyard (93) exhibits ripe, concentrated black fruit, flower, earth, and barrique aromas. Expansive on the palate, with laser-like clarity, a good underpinning of acidity, and well-integrated tannin as well as wood, this impeccably made Syrah will age effortlessly for a decade or more."

The amount available is also very limited (again, only 600 bottles were made), but the Duke is offering it on a pre-sell basis until October 15, 2003, for $39.99 per bottle with an additional 5% off on a 6-pack case.

The Duke is truly honored to be able to offer these highly allocated and limited gems. Also still available in limited amounts are the Margerum 2002 Syrah, Great Oaks Vineyard and Margerum 2002 M5, a blend of Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Cinsault and Cunoise. Each of these wines was reviewed by the Wine Spectator and awarded 90-95 points on their 100-point scale. We are offering the M5 at $24.99 per bottle and Great Oaks at $29.99 per bottle with an additional 5% off on a 6-pack case.

Don't miss out on your share.

Supplies are limited - first-come, first-served.

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