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← The cellarEstate Collection · 2021

Foothill Syrah

Syrah

Picked across three cool mornings in early October and co-fermented with a whisper of Viognier skins, the Foothill Syrah is the truest expression of our upper slopes. Eighteen months in neutral French oak keeps the fruit honest and the structure quietly firm.

Tasting notes

In the glass

Opaque garnet with a violet rim.

On the nose

Crushed blackberry, smoked black pepper, dried lavender, a thread of cured olive.

On the palate

Full and supple, with graphite minerality holding the fruit in place.

The finish

Long, peppery, faintly meaty — it lingers a full forty seconds.

From the table

Lamb shoulder slow-roasted with rosemary and anchovy.