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2021 Estate Syrah

94 Points - Wine Spectator
"Generous and supple yet handsomely structured, with black raspberry and cherry flavors laced with bittersweet chocolate, smoked pepper and licorice notes, building richness toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2032. 840 cases made." Tim Fish, Senior Editor, Napa

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The hearty growing and heat-loving nature of Syrah has made it one of the most successful varietals to plant with the challenging conditions presented by the Calcareous Vineyard. Spread out over our entire Estate, the unique clones, aspects, and soils of each of our Syrah blocks allows us to create a single varietal wine of amazing depth and complexity.

Tasting Notes
Presents an impenetrable dark purple color with meaty aromas balancing blueberry, black olive tapenade, and minerals. A mouth coating upfront palate combines deftly with fine grained tannins producing a rich bodied wine that maintains amazing lightness to frame subtle hints of brambleberry, black pepper and graphite.

Taste with Winemaker Jason Joyce

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SKU: 2021CSY

Wine Story

Vineyard Notes
The 2021 Estate Syrah is comprised of grapes from all 4 of our Syrah plantings. Consisting of clones of Alban, Estrella, 27, and 877, we run the gamut on the various expressions of Syrah to create a singular wine the speaks equally of place and varietal. The 2021 vintage was spectacular for Syrah. Warm and dry without being overtly hot allows Syrah to express its full compliment of dark fruit, rich texture and perfect tannin balance.
Production Notes
The Syrah for this vintage was de-stemmed and fermented in 3.5 ton open top concrete tanks. Twice daily pump overs were performed until 70% completion of fermentation. We then, changed to gentle punch downs to ease extraction of flavors for a total of 16 days on skins. The tanks were pressed and 40% racked into a new French Gamba, Fouially and Canton barrels. The remaining 60% was aged in neutral French barrels. Aged for 16 months with one racking after 6 months, this wine was topped exclusively with Estate Grenache from block 9 to add a bit of lighter fruit to the overall structure. After racking, a bit more Estate Grenache has added to the final blend just before bottling.
Food Pairing Notes
This is the definition of a main-course wine that is the ideal partner for the best dry aged ribeye you can find.
Other Notes
836 Cases Produced

The Specifics

Wine Specs
Vintage
2021
Varietal
Syrah
Appellation
Paso Robles
Vineyard Designation
Calcareous Vineyard
Harvest Date
9/3/21-9/24/21
pH
3.53
Aging
16 Months in French 228L and French and American 265L barrels, with a total of 40% being new.
Alcohol %
15.2

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