Made in a traditional Rhone-style, this bottling is predominately Syrah with roughly 8% Viognier. The fruit comes from select vineyards throughout the Sonoma Coast such as Cole Creek Vineyard and Rodger's Creek. The grapes grow upon a combination of gravelly clay loam, volcanic, and alluvial. The Syrah and Viognier are co-fermented in tank with 75% destemmed fruit, 25% whole Syrah clusters. Wine goes through both native yeast and malolactic fermentation before aging for 12 months sur lies in 55% new French oak. Bottled without filtration.

Ratings

Winemaker David Ramey sources from both Cole Creek and Rodgers Creek vineyards to make this wine, cofermenting it with 11% Viognier. Crushed rock, garrigue, gamy meat and lavender appear and accent an earthy, full-bodied core of silky texture and luscious dark cherry.

- October, 2020, Virginie Boone, Wine Enthusiast

Medium to deep ruby, the aromatics of warm blackberries and blueberries are complemented with lovely notes of pepper, blue flowers, bacon fat, garrigue and mint. It has a medium weight and floods the mouth with concentrated red and blue berry fruits, finely grained and with just enough freshness to lift the finish. 871 cases produced.

- July, 2020, Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate

Tasting Notes

• currant

• dark cherry

• smoked meat

• pepper

• blackberry

• medium to full-body

Food Pairing

• red meats

• sea salt caramel