2019 Levo SPOT no. 3 Syrah | G2 Vineyard Willow Creek District AVA Paso Robles, California 750ml

In 2019 we were very lucky to work with the famed G2 vineyard in Willow Creek AVA. It is named aptly, as it sprawls among steep calcareous hillsides fit for nobody but a mountain goat or a very abused grapevine. Our old block Syrah was pruned to perfection. We picked it early to preserve freshness and vibrancy and received enough grapes to fill one measly fermenter. Fortunately, our neighbor and good friend Jacob Toft had one extra ton that was picked a week or so after ours. This fruit was riper and more dense and flamboyant. This lot also got its own small fermenter. The wine that made it to bottle is a blend of the early pick and the later pick, which gives this wine lots of layers and complexity. It is a savory Syrah that opens up with aromas of oak forest and dirt, pure black fruit, and floral elements emerge with air. On the palate, it has an amazing fine-grained chalky texture, as if you were licking a calcareous rock that the grapes were grown upon. It is a magical wine that speaks to the place it was grown. It really doesn't get any better than this. | Bret Urness for Levo Wines