Napa Valley

Medium

Natural Cork

A solid, finesse-driven, seamless Syrah offering attractive violet florals, white pepper, bright red berry fruit, and meaty aromatics. Medium-bodied with the tension of a suspension bridge and built like one. Evocative layers of salty crushed stones and blood orange acidity are laced with a carbonic quality. The finish goes on for days, revealing a potpourri of dried red rose petals. It shows a playful side of cool-climate Napa Syrah, with 10 months elevage and 'Zero Percent New Oak', which is written as such on the label. 100% whole cluster. No sulphur until bottling. The Syrah vines in the Haynes Vineyard were planted in 1996 and 2000 and aged in 500-litre neutral oak barrels and 1,500-litre casks. Lawrence Wine Estates CEO Carlton McCoy pegged winemaker Nico Cueva (formerly of Kosta Browne) to run the show at Haynes, giving him a blank canvas to draw upon for this Burgundian-focused programme in the heart of the Coombsville AVA. Without a doubt, one to watch.

Syrah / Shiraz

Haynes Vineyard, Forgeron Syrah, Napa Valley, Coombsville, California, USA, 2021

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A solid, finesse-driven, seamless Syrah offering attractive violet florals, white pepper, bright red berry fruit, and meaty arom

Haynes Vineyard, Forgeron Syrah, Napa Valley, Coombsville, California, USA 2021

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