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2022 Zeppelin Winery Syrah Basement
Last edited on 10/31/2023 by Cesare
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Specs
Vineyard: Hill of Graceland, Willow Creek District
Alcohol: 16.0%
Total Acidity: 6.7 g/L
Tasting Notes
The 2022 harvest was not typical of Paso Robles. It was perhaps more typical of France: in wet years. I beat the storms, by picking the Syrah relatively earlier than I usually do—note that the alcohol is a ’mere’ 16%. With rich Moab cherry fruit, whiffs of clove and mint, and, ahem, not inconsiderable tannin from both grape and barrel, instead of the softer black plummy character of the 17% alcohol Syrah I’ve made from this part of the vineyard, I couldn’t call it Colossus. But it’s terrific, will improve for a decade, and endure for more.
Vineyard: Hill of Graceland, Willow Creek District
Alcohol: 16.0%
Total Acidity: 6.7 g/L
Tasting Notes
The 2022 harvest was not typical of Paso Robles. It was perhaps more typical of France: in wet years. I beat the storms, by picking the Syrah relatively earlier than I usually do—note that the alcohol is a ’mere’ 16%. With rich Moab cherry fruit, whiffs of clove and mint, and, ahem, not inconsiderable tannin from both grape and barrel, instead of the softer black plummy character of the 17% alcohol Syrah I’ve made from this part of the vineyard, I couldn’t call it Colossus. But it’s terrific, will improve for a decade, and endure for more.