Description
This is the first vintage from Saxum’s new estate vineyard in San Luis Obispo on Cayucas Ridge. This 2021 Cayucos Ridge Vineyard is 100% Syrah. The nose really stands out as unique from Saxum’s Paso Robles wines, offering beautifully cooler climate black pepper and baking spice aromas plus hints of violets, dried Provence herbs, and damp soil, opening out to a core of kirsch, red currant jelly, and underbrush. The full-bodied palate is so tightly wound with intense red and black fruit layers and great tension, framed by beautifully ripe, rounded tannins. It delivers loads of exciting mineral sparks, finishing with incredible length and depth. It’s so very cerebral; you want to curl up in an armchair with it and watch it develop like a great novel.
- Country: United States
- Region: California
- Appellation: San Luis Obispo
- Sub Appellation: Paso Robles
- Size: 750ml
- Color: Red
Varietal
Syrah
Known as Syrah in most countries around the world, and Shiraz in Australia and certain other regions of the New World, this grape varietal has proven over the centuries to be one of the most powerful and flavorful red wine grapes there is. It is now one of the planet’s most widely grown grapes, and is a favorite with wineries as a result of its robustness and versatility. It isn’t easy to identify many characteristics of this particular varietal, due to the fact that it is highly versatile and shows significant differences in flavor and character depending on the terroir it is grown in, and the climatic conditions of the region. However, Syrah is most widely associated with full bodied, strong and loud red wines, packed full of fruity and spicy flavors, held in a beautifully deep red liquid.
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