Intoxicating nose of wildflowers, blackberries, black currants, sweet smoke, fine leather, cured meats and spice. A swirl shows the sheer depth of this wine with tons of black fruits, spice and some savory notes creeping in the background. Ripe, but complex, with textural richness and a freshness not usually found in a wine this prodigious. Incredibly long with lingering black fruits, spice and powdery tannins.
Vintage Notes
The 2016 Tenor Syrah was crafted from a couple vineyards across two separate AVAs in Washington State: Columbia Valley and Walla Walla Valley. Farmed using sustainable practices, they were then hand-harvested over several early mornings in the late fall. Upon arriving in the winery, each cluster was hand-sorted, de-stemmed and re-sorted, and then fermented for 20-30 days in 100% concrete tanks. Using only the free-run wine, it was then moved to custom 500L French oak puncheons for 26 months of cellaring. After nearly 50 individual evaluations by our winemaking team, and without fining or filtration, only 376 cases were produced from these puncheons.
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