MARIAH – 2006 SYRAH
hand picked - hand sorted - hand harvested - truly a handmade wine
Big and rich with tart blueberry fruit. Beautiful balance…deep dark brambly color. Big fruit with great spice notes with toasty oak and cedar notes for complexity. A stylish with great balance of fruit and oak spice, with a really smooth long finish.
Harvest Dates: Sept. 28-30, 2006
Harvest Brix: 26
pH: 4.03
Total Acidity: 0.58
Alcohol: 14.5%
Oak Age: 20 months, 42% new French oak
Bottling Date: Aug. 11, 2008
Case Production: 384
The vines are grown in a sustainable manner and are dry farmed for better varietal character and flavors. The grapes were hand picked, sorted and destemmed into a tank. The juice was cold soaked for a few days and underwent natural yeast fermentation. The wine was aged in a combination of 42% new French oak barrels, with the remaining portion in older French oak barrels for 20 months.
$18/bottle
