2021 Saxum Heart Stone Vineyard | Adelaida District AVA, Paso Robles California 750

31% Grenache 28% Syrah 21% Graciano 17%Mataro 3% Petite Sirah

Also aged in used foudre, this bottling of Heart Stone seems much more bright and fresh than normal, which I think is the character of the vintage really coming through. It's both lifted and fresh, but has a dark undertone of black sage and fennel. I really dig it. The Grenache, Syrah, and Graciano really mesh well together. 751 cases produced. | Justin Smith for Saxum

...A lush, sexy, forward beauty...it has a vivid purple hue as well as a great perfume of sweet red and blue fruits, spring flowers, ground pepper, and underbrush, but it's on the palate where this beauty really shines. Layered, silky, and opulent, it's not yet bottled, but my money is on this drinking nicely right out of the gate. | 95-97 points, Jeb Dunnuck for jebdunnuck.com