Sonoma Coast - Spicerack Vineyards

Cool climate and high rainfall are features shared by vineyards within the Sonoma Coast AVA and they contribute to slow grape maturation, with optimum ripeness coinciding with the very end of the growing season.

These challenging conditions pose unique challenges to Syrah, but when farmed correctly and yields kept low, Syrah can ripen slowly into a beautiful wine, with exotic aromas of freshly crushed white pepper.

Spicerack Vineyards "Punchdown" Syrah is so-named because the fermenting must was "punched down" many times to extract flavor and color. Unlike most New World Syrah's, Spicerack Syrah eschews new oak entirely as it was matured exclusively in fully seasoned (neutral) French oak barrels and therefore displays a varietal purity seldom found in California - all at about 13% alcohol.