Dusty Lane winds down and around Dierke’s organically certified hillside vineyard. Tucked away on a southern facing slope, the site is consistently flushed with onshore cooling at dawn and dusk, resulting in extended flavor development and vibrant fruit character. This unique 1.4 acre gem was blessed by an Indian summer in 2008 and harvested a full month after its neighboring Pinot Noir block.

Following a year of quiet bottle aging, we are now releasing this generous yet refined wine. It has a deep purple hue, while subtle fruit aromas of blueberry, blackberry, and grapefruit dance with white pepper, black licorice, sweet tobacco, and cured meats. A full entry with grainy tannin structure displays energetic youthfulness yet promises many years of graceful aging.

$50 per bottle
*inquire*

GROWERS:
John Dierke
APPELLATION:
Russian River Valley
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION:
Western Sebastopol
VARIETAL:
Syrah
SELECTION:
Alban
SOIL TYPE:
Goldridge
HARVEST DATE:
October 18th
PRODUCTION:
142 Cases
UNFINED AND UNFILTERED

STEVEN TANZER'S INTERNATIONAL WINE CELLAR,
May/June 2011
94 points
“Inky purple.  Sexy, exotically perfumed nose combines boysenberry, candied violet, bitter chocolate, five-spice powder and woodsmoke. Sweet, lush and expansive but lively, with captivating flavors of dark berry preserves, floral pastilles, gingerbread and dark chocolate.  Finishes juicy, spicy and very long, with fine-grained tannins and impressive energy.  This is Sussman's first vintage for this wine, which comes from a vineyard in a very cool, coastal-influenced hillside vineyard west of Sebastopol; it was slated to be bottled in May. ”
— Josh Raynolds

Radio-Coteau wines may be shipped winery direct to the following states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY. If we do not ship to your state, we apologize for the inconvenience. Please provide us with an alternate shipping address or call the winery for further assistance at (707) 823-2578.

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