Wine Profile

The 2022 vintage offers a perfumed aromatic profile, filled with lavender and potpourri with red licorice and black plums. The floral and lifted aromatics of this vintage make this a joy to nose. Expect flavors of raspberry and cranberry along with notes of cured meat and spicy oak. This structured expression of Syrah will cellar well, drink from 2025 through 2032.

INSIDER TIP - 100% of this wine was fermented as whole berry, which slows down the release of tannins imparting a silkiness to the tannins and a lush roundness to the Syrah.

Winemaking Notes

The Syrah was co-fermented with Viognier in stainless steel. All the fermentation happened as whole berries. After pressing, the wine was barrel aged for 20 months in 41% new oak barrels, and the remainder in older French Oak barrels.

Vintage Notes

The 2022 season kicked off late with a cool start to the season and finished with an amazingly warm and dry fall. The microclimates within the vineyards played a large role in the ripening of different varietals as the right slope and aspect can help collect warmth on the cooler days. Bud break and flowering was delayed by about two weeks with the cool weather, but August and September came through with higher-than-average temperatures which luckily lasted through most of October as well, ensuring that our late-ripening reds matured. The hot and dry weather in October was invaluable, resulting in more intense aromatics in our late ripening whites and reds with concentration and finesse. Expect to see wines with more natural acidity and balance this vintage.

Vineyard

Sourced from Bullpine and the Perfect Hedge Vineyard in Osoyoos.