Description
WINEMAKER NOTES:
This limited production wine is 100% Syrah from the Sentinel Oak Vineyard in the Shenandoah Valley, California AVA in the Sierra Foothills. The oldest section was planted in 1983 and is called the “Pyramid Block”. We have garnered great praise for our wines from this exceptional south-facing, granite-laden site. Like its Syrah counterparts in the Northern Rhône, it shows superb depth, concentration, complex aromas, and the proven potential for great longevity.
This is always one of our most powerful Syrah’s, as it has great structure, and definite age worthiness. It has macerated for two weeks in an open-top fermenter with punch-downs two to three times a day. Aged for 23 months in 100% French oak (33% new François Frères) and lightly egg-white fined prior to being bottled unfiltered.
TASTING NOTES:
The wine is dark in color with a dense, deep-concentrated layered fruit aromas that are incredibly spicy. In the mouth you’ll find incredibly concentrated framboise flavors, smoky wood tones, and fine tannins. Meaty.
VARIETALS:
Syrah
APPELLATION:
Sentinel Oak Vineyard, Pyramid Block, California Shenandoah Valley AVA, Sierra Foothills, California, USA
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