
2015 Syrah, McKinley Springs Vineyard
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2015
Varietal
Syrah
Appellation
Horse Heaven Hills
Vineyard Designation
McKinley Springs Vineyard
Acid
6.01 g/L
pH
3.94
Aging
Barrel aged 20 months in 50% new French and American Oak
Bottling Date
07/26/2017
Residual Sugar
0.01
Alcohol %
15
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Aromas of black cherry, toasted almond and coffee on the nose. The palate introduces baking chocolate, smoked charred meat with a bit of cedar and a grippy finish.
Vineyard Notes
Sourced from the award-winning McKinley Springs Vineyard in Washington State’s Horse
Heaven Hills AVA.
Winemaker Notes
Throughout harvest, Winemaker Richard Batchelor worked closely with the grower and visited
the vineyard to taste for maturity and ripeness to determine the precise moment to pick the fruit.
Grapes were hand-harvested during the cool hours of the morning to preserve bright fruit notes.
This single vineyard lot underwent a five day pre-fermentation cold soak before the tank was
allowed to go through a native fermentation to dryness in about 21 days. Only the free run juice
was collected and no press fraction was used in the making of this wine. The lots were then aged
in French oak barrels for 19 months. For the first year this wine was stirred in barrel on its lees
and racked when necessary to soften the tannins. After the first 12 months, the wine was racked
off the lees for clarity before bottling.
Production
Cases Produced: 286