WHAT DID WE PUT IT IN? French Barrels – French Barrels –neutral WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? Old Stones, Minick, Forgotten Hills, Les Collines HOW DOES IT TASTE? This wine is so good at the price it seems like a scam. Its like buying a real Prada bag on Canal Street in NYC. Something has to be wrong. It has to be fake. What happened? Well, as our friend Tim Gaiser, MS says “Mother Nature bats last.” And in 2009, Washington had an early fall frost. Two run 9th inning homer. Mother Nature 2, Gramercy/Waters 1. Some of our premier vineyard Syrah just didn’t make us want to do back flips at $40 a bottle. So we decided to offer the deal of the decade. Declassify some Syrah to Substance. It’s why we created Substance in the first place. The Substance Syrah is all about smoked meat, bacon, and grilled sausage. This has to be the best $15 Syrah in the world. We officially challenge Sarkozy to a duel. WHAT DO I EAT THIS WITH? This wine deserves a pilgrimage to the BBQ capital of the world Lockhart Texas. Have a bottle at Black’s and another at Smitty’s then finish off at Kreuz. Beef brisket. No sauce. No sides. No utensils. Nothing else will do.
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