2019 Syrah, Klipsun Vineyard
2022 Great Northwest Platinum Invitational Wine Competition - Double Platinum (95 pts.)
Additional Accolades:
2022 Seattle Wine Awards - Double Gold.
2022 Cascadia International Wine Competition - Gold.
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2019
Varietal
Syrah
Appellation
Red Mountain
Vineyard Designation
Klipsun Vineyard
Acid
5.76 g/L
pH
3.71
Aging
20 months in 60% New French Oak
Bottling Date
03/01/2022
Residual Sugar
0.019
Alcohol %
15
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
Sourced from the award-winning Klipsun Vineyards from Washington state’s renowned Red Mountain AVA.
Production Notes
Cases Produced: 260
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 for 20 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.