Barrel 27’s newest release is back in stock! Mac Myers’ and Russell From’s considerable winemaking talents combined with one of the best growing seasons ever on the Central Coast have resulted in the best B27 Syrah yet. Yeah, we say that every year, but these dynamite wines just keep getting better and better! The 2005 exhibits a deep garnet-purple color, with seductive aromas of raspberry jam and crème de cassis, sweet cherry, black plum and blood orange fruit, with rose petal, anise/black licorice, vanilla and Asian spices adding layers of complexity. The mouth is round and dense, with a full mid-palate lifted by excellent acidity. The long finish begins with rich, red fruit and ends on a trailing spicy note that goes on and on. The best structured of Barrel 27’s Syrahs yet, it will add weight and even more complexity over the next 2-3+ years and hold well after that.

$14.99

Barrel 27 releases its first reserve Syrah, the “Head Honcho”! A selection of a few of the very best barrels from Barrel 27’s Central Coast Syrah with some small syrah lots from McPrice Myers Wine Co and Herman Story Wines blended together. This is one kick-butt Syrah! So inky purple-black that it actually sucks light in and swallows it, the wine offers up an incredibly complex nose, saturated with black plum skin, blood orange, black currant, sweet raspberries-and-cream fruit scents, wrapped in spice notes of fresh Tellicherry peppercorns, smoked bacon fat, lavender, rose petal and baking chocolate. The palate is a kaleidoscope of shifting flavors, at first raspberry with a touch of mint, then red plums and black pepper, then cassis and tar and the flavors continue to change and evolve as the wine opens up. It is weighty in the mouth, with a great mid-palate breadth, copious amounts of super-fine tannins and enough acidity to lift the wine and give it a long finish, soaked in black cherry and brown spices. One of the outstanding Syrahs in the Central Coast’s epic 2005 vintage. Treat yourself to something to special, and let your wallet live to talk about it!

$24.99

Barrel 27 is releasing its first Pinot Noir! Sourced from a single vineyard in the Santa Rita Hills, Mac Myers and Russell From have crafted a classic SRH Pinot, dark, dense and powerful which still maintains its elegance and finesse. The color is a saturated dark ruby, nearly black at the center, with a powerful nose of candied cherry, red licorice, raspberry and strawberry fruit, with notes of cranberry, cinnamon/clove spice, earth, truffle and a hint of café mocha. The broad, concentrated palate offers up the same suite of dark red fruit and dark, rich flavors, balanced by good acidity and robust tannins. The finish begins in raspberry cola and ends in dark chocolate and coffee grounds. Recently bottled, the wine needs few months to integrate fully, but even so, this is a superb effort by this talented winemaking team. You will not find a better single vineyard Pinot from the Santa Rita Hills priced this reasonably! And you may not get much of this one either, only 300 cases produced.

$24.99

(French Camp Vineyard, Paso Robles) -

Barrel 27 introduces its awesome Rhone-style white blend, the “High on the Hog”! A blend of 42% Viognier, 34% Rousanne, 24% Marsanne with all the fruit coming from Paso Robles’ s French Camp Vineyard, one of the best on the Central Coast. A straw gold / brass in color, with an intense, sumptuous nose of honeycomb, Meyer lemon zest, marzipan, lemongrass and wet slate, with secondary notes of jasmine, kaffir lime, petrol, paraffin, and bacon fat. On the palate, the wine is lush and weighty, dominated by flavors of lemon drops, slate, petrol and honey, followed with hints of lavender, cured ham and mint all of which intermingle and integrate through the long, uplifted finish. Almost baby-oil like amounts of glycerin capture the masses of fruit and exotic aroma and flavor components, while the wines excellent acidity keeps the whole package lively and fresh and lifts the wine through the long, focused finish. A study in paradoxes, how can a wine that starts out this fat end on such a focused note?.. Grab as much as you can as fast as you can, only about 1200 cases produced. Hugely enjoyable immediately, we have a feeling that this wine will be able to hold its own well past the next couple of releases…

$12.99

2005 Viognier-

Barrel 27’s inaugural white wine release will please fans of the Barrel 27 Syrah immensely. A tremendous wine with great complexity, it’s made with fruit from the Bien Nacido and Camp 4 Vineyards in Santa Barbara County. A huge nose of tropical fruit: pineapple, lychee, papaya, candied lemon zest, and candied kumquat. The same train load of tropical fruit roars across the palate and is given backbone and structure by good acidity and a great limestone / mineral note that strengthens through the finish. While technically dry at 1gm of residual sugar/liter, the ripeness of the vintage shows its stuff in the initial taste of the wine, giving a slightly inflated sense of sweetness, but that is quickly brought in check by the wines acidity and that lovely mineral note that makes the wine’s finish relatively dry. Big fruit extract, high levels of glycerin and great acidity work to balance the wine’s generous alcohol, making for a very complete and harmonious package. The legions of Viognier fans will be thrilled with this first effort under the Barrel 27 label from winemakers McPrice Myers and Russell From. Do not hesitate on this one, less than 400 cases produced and word was out long before the wine…

$17.99

2005 Rose-

Barrel 27’s first rose will likely be the first rose wine officially adopted by both the Teamsters Union and Hell’s Angels as their “Summer Sipper”. It’s big, it’s burly, it’s pink. Mostly syrah, with a little Grenache and touch of Viognier, this is a serious, serious rose. A massive nose of strawberry, cherry, cranberry, with a very interesting citrus component of blood orange and pink grapefruit, with sweet floral, spice and pepper notes. The wine is dense on the palate, bursting with layers of fruit and spice supported by a nice limestone note and superb acidity, which is a rare find in domestic pinks. This gutsy little beast actually has enough guts to improve over the next few months and last for a year +. Who’s thinking about the holidays this early, but if I were you, I’d squirrel some away for that holiday ham or turkey… or venison or wildebeest or crocodile….

$12.99