- Region
- California
- Producer
- Cattleya Wines
- Vintage
- 2019
- Grape varieties
- 100% Syrah / Shiraz
- Bottle size
- 75 cl
- Ratings
- 96 points Vinous
- 95 points Jeb Dunnuck
- Alcohol
- 14.1%
- Special characteristic
- Contains sulphites
Fruit picked by hand in the early hours of the morning. Daily pumping over of the juice for a gentle extraction of colour, tannins and flavours until fermentation was complete. Subsequent maturation for 15 months in 50% first-use French oak.
Dark and slightly reductive on the nose, with Mediterranean herbs and a spicy note. Structure and richness married with silky tannins give this wine all the qualities of a classical Syrah.
Soberanes Vineyard is situated in the Santa Lucia Highlands. The Pisoni and Franscioni families are meticulous in tending the vines in this cool-climate terroir of sandy loam, foggy mornings and Pacific breezes.