Syrah was hand harvested on October 12, 2022. The winemaking team hand sorted the Syrah cluster by cluster. This was done to pick the ripest and healthiest fruit given to us in 2022. The fruit was crushed into a stainless steel tank and one open-top fermenter. It was then fermented at warm temperatures to maximize colors and tannin extraction and pumped over twice per day through the 2-week fermentation. Once dry it was transferred to French oak barriques where it rested in elevage for 10 months until it was bottled in August of 2023.
