Fall Release Eddie's Patch Syrah
2019
Winemaker’s Notes
Of the great Syrah vintages in recent memory – 2013, 2015 & 2016 spring to mind - 2019 undoubtedly stands atop the summit of quality. This is one of those rare wines in which vintage, season, and grape variety carved out a perfect equilibrium to form something truly profound.
For the first time, we have combined the finest parcels in our two long-term Syrah sources – Hoppe-Kelly & our Green Valley Estate – into a single thrilling wine of grand scale complexity. The resulting wine is simultaneously harmonious, complex, expansive, and ethereal.
The wine’s aromas are dark, pure, and irresistible: wild blackberries, spring flowers, graphite, lavender, and cured meat spring from the glass. There’s classic cool climate cracked black pepper and bay laurel. The wine is deeply fruited, chewy and succulent with dark berry fruit pastille and compote flavors. Despite its intensity and obvious power, the wine has a hi-tone brightness and finesse that carries it through to a long lingering finish of licorice spice. A great coastal Syrah. Drink between 2022 and 2034.
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Vineyard
27% DuMOL GVR Estate
Harvest Date
September 21st & October 11th
Appellation
Russian River Valley
Clones
Alban & Syrah Noir
Age of Vines at Harvest
6 years
Barrel Aging
15 months in French oak hogsheads from Tonnellerie Ermitage, 30% new, & 34% in Tuscan amphorae
Production
300 cases of 750mL
10 cases of 1.5L
12 bottles of 3L
