If you know Tyler Russell, owner of Nelle Winery, you know he is one of the most down to earth, legit people in the Paso Robles wine community. It’s been a while since we’ve tasted his wines but on a recent visit to Tin City we ran into him and decided to check his wines out. He is currently tasting out of the barrel room at Brian Benson Cellars.
He had two wines going right now and here is what they were:
2013 Syrah – 100% – Walla Walla – Les Collines Vineyard – 14.2% alc – 100 cases – $36.00
2013 Syrah – 100% – Paso Robles – 15.1% alc – 250 cases – $32.00
It was pretty interesting to taste two Syrah’s from the same vintage but from completely different areas. Well worth the trip to Tin City to taste these two. I enjoyed them both but seeing as how I drink so much Paso wine it was cool tasting the Walla Walla Syrah. I’d go at it with or without food. Great nose and not overpowering on the palate. I’ve had lamb on the brain lately so maybe we’ll have to make some when we open that bottle.
Tyler has another label that will be coming out soon called, Cordant. Under that label he will have the following wines:
A Central Coast Pinot Noir
Wills Hills Grenache
Presqu’ile Syrah
And a Rhone blend
We originally became aware of Tyler when he was working at Zenaida Cellars but prior to that had also worked at Dover Canyon Winery and Justin Vineyard & Winery. As I said in the intro, truly one of the good guys in the industry. Next time you visit Tin City, go check out Nelle!
Here’s his current website but he has an updated one coming out soon.
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