The 2022 Tenor Stoneridge Syrah is a single vineyard wine from the Royal Slope AVA.

The winemaking team worked with our vineyard manager to restrict yields, creating small, concentrated berries. Thoughtful canopy management and intensive irrigation strategies were implemented. Cool fall nights preserved a sense of freshness in the wine while continuing to develop flavor. The fruit was hand-harvested early in the mornings throughout October.

Each lot was hand-sorted at the winery, with 20% of the whole clusters first added to the fermentation tanks. The remaining 80% was destemmed and berry-sorted before being included with the whole cluster fruit. The wine was left on its skins for a full 30+ day extended maceration.

After 21 months in 100% new French oak, only 3 barrels were bottled unfined and unfiltered, resulting in a mere 104 cases.

Joseph Phelps was the only clone used in the final blend of this 100% Syrah.