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Syrah The Initiation Santa Lucia Highlands

Cattleya Wines | California

Vintage 2018 | 75 cl

This wine is no longer available
No subsequent vintage is available.
Syrah The Initiation Santa Lucia Highlands
Region
California
Producer
Cattleya Wines
Vintage
2018
Grape varieties
  • 100% Syrah / Shiraz
Bottle size
75 cl
Ratings
  • 93 points James Suckling
  • 95 points Vinous
  • 97 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 inscrutable at first, then opening up to show dark fruit, blackcurrant and liquorice. Beautiful acidity and velvety tannins promise immense ageing potential.

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.