Stolpman Vineyards, Syrah, Ballard Canyon, Santa Barbara, California 2021
{organic} 100% Syrah
BLACKBERRY & CURRANT, BLACK OLIVE, STRIDENT EARTH
This beautiful California Syrah is a prime example of heights reached through adversity. Created with fruit from the oldest original vines in Ballad Canyon (planted throughout the 1990s), this is a rich, brambly, piquant wine, full of dark black woodsy fruit and a pungent thread of smoky earth that is intriguingly old world. A kiss of oak makes sure everything wraps up with luxuriant smoothness.
Serving Suggestion: Lamb cheeks smoked over a long hickory fire and brushed with herbed mustard. White bean and tomato stew with plenty of sage and obscene amounts of garlic.
