100% Syrah
David Girard Vineyard, El Dorado AVA, CA
Vineyard Elevation - 1,500 feet
2876 Bottles Produced

Tasting Notes

The aromas in this wine is like sticking your face in a violet flower bed and then taking a bite of Alaskan mixed berry pie. I find that I drink this wine too quickly without noticing it. Finishes with a mouth coating flowery warmness that lingers.

Winemakers Notes

I’ve always loved Syrah. Nothing is better than Syrah when it is treated right, nothing compares to the scope of fruit and spice, herbs and all the different characteristics that you can get out of the wine. It can have blue fruits, red fruits, smoke, meats, chocolate, cardamom, pepper and the list goes on. This was my chance to put my fingerprint on it and see what I could do with the grape. I wanted to make a very aromatic and ethereal Syrah, to find the balance between strength and beauty.

Winemaking

Fermented with – Native yeasts
Aged in – Neutral French oak barrels for 14 months on gross lees without sulfur
pH – 3.45
ABV - 13.1%
Additions – 15 parts per million sulfur right before bottling
Method – Fermented on skins 8 days. 5% stem inclusion