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Our aim with our Santa Barbara County Syrah is to capture a precociously drinkable expression of the region’s cool-climate vineyards. This wine is just that. The 2022 vintage gave us a hot September, so there’s a deep and ample ripeness to this bottling. Still, our coastal vineyards held onto their earthy and savory Syrah qualities. The varietal fragrance is striking and pungent. There’s a complex profile of incense, suede leather, balsamic, and spicy root beer botanicals, while a deep layer of mocha and plum promises rich pleasure for the mouth. It works out that way, too. The palate is suave and easy, with front-loaded dark fruits that glide into peppery game and chocolate.
Like all our reds these days, the must was inoculated with our house-cultured native yeast (derived from fruit picked during sampling) and immediately pumped over to commence fermentation. After pumping the wine over twice daily until dryness was achieved, the wine was pressed, settled overnight, then racked to neutral French oak barrels to age for 11 months with a slow, spontaneous malolactic fermentation. It was never racked until bottling, so we gently fined for clarity, but bottled the wine unfiltered after adding a very small sulfite addition.
