Our site poses many challenges to growing vines - especially for our Syrah. Just when we think set looks good, strong winds attack the hilltop vines and shatter the clusters bringing our total tonnage to less than two tons per acre. However, the resulting fruit is power packed with concentrated flavor, inky color, and an integrated chalky tannic structure. Canopy management is crucial to developing flavor and ripening our Mourvedre since the vines don't like to grow. The clusters are treated with the same care and attention as our Grenache. The fruit adds earthy complexity to the palate while heightening aromatics. Using 85% new oak from French cooperages, we know the intensity of the destemmed fruit in this wine can handle the oak influence and greatly benefits from it. | FulldrawBeautiful blue and black fruits, ground pepper, chalky minerality, and bacon fat notes all emerge from the glass, and it's beautifully textured, with ripe, polished tannins and a great finish. It's a powerful, full-bodied, seriously endowed Syrah that still has rock-solid acidity and freshness... | 96+ points, Jeb Dunnuck for jebdunnuck.com