Tasting Notes: Mouthwatering and savory, this wine has distinct notes of black and white pepper that mingle with flavors of smoked bacon fat, dried Italian herbs, white smoke, and flint. Lush blueberry compote rounds out the fruit, and the balance of acid and tannin lend to the wine’s harmonious structure.
Winemaking: Native yeast. 75% whole-cluster fermentation in small, open-top fermenters. Aged in neutral French oak barrels for nine months with regular lees stirring.
Technical Details: Composition: 100% Syrah
Vineyard: Valenti
Appellation: Mendocino Ridge
Clones: Durell, ChavepH: 3.74TA: 5.8 g/LBrix at harvest: 21.5Alcohol: 13.4%156 cases produced