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2011 Saxum Heart Stone Vineyard
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58% Syrah, 37% Grenache, 5% Mourvèdre
14.8% alc. 250 cases produced
This wine is crazy! We picked the whole vineyard at once, all three varieties, and threw them all in the fermentor together. We left the Syrah whole cluster, but de-stemmed half the Grenache and all the Mourvèdre The ferments from the Heart Stone Vineyard were so incredibly spicy that I wanted to capture it in the bottle that way, so I did something we haven't done before... Upon completion of fermentation we pressed the entire lot into a single concrete vessel, where it aged for a year before being racked into some large neutral puncheons where it remained until bottling. So no new wood, and the bulk of its life in concrete, made for a fascinating wine! I love it. Very, very, spicy, but still a great rich focused palette. I am very curious as to how this wine will evolve in bottle. I hope it keeps its spice. The Heart Stone Vineyard will be fascinating to follow.
14.8% alc. 250 cases produced
This wine is crazy! We picked the whole vineyard at once, all three varieties, and threw them all in the fermentor together. We left the Syrah whole cluster, but de-stemmed half the Grenache and all the Mourvèdre The ferments from the Heart Stone Vineyard were so incredibly spicy that I wanted to capture it in the bottle that way, so I did something we haven't done before... Upon completion of fermentation we pressed the entire lot into a single concrete vessel, where it aged for a year before being racked into some large neutral puncheons where it remained until bottling. So no new wood, and the bulk of its life in concrete, made for a fascinating wine! I love it. Very, very, spicy, but still a great rich focused palette. I am very curious as to how this wine will evolve in bottle. I hope it keeps its spice. The Heart Stone Vineyard will be fascinating to follow.