Napa Valley

Medium

Natural Cork

Such an expressive wine with an attractive, perfumed nose of pure black cherry and blackberry fruit, accented by violets, white pepper, hints of sage, leather, unsmoked tobacco, and white truffle charcuterie. The wine is focused and precise on the palate, with ironstone minerality and superfine tannins that have a subtle elliptical quality—pinpoint edges with more generosity at the core, framing all that delicate yet ripe fruit. It carries a super-juicy appeal, finishing with tremendous length, tension, energy, and drive. For Carlton McCoy, this wine recalls some of the exceptional Cornas Syrahs he loves. Regardless of what it evokes, this is one of the most stylish and structured Syrahs in Napa today. A playful expression of cool-climate Napa Syrah, it undergoes 12 months of élevage with 'Zero Percent New Oak', as boldly stated on the label—100% whole cluster, with no sulphur added until bottling. The Haynes Vineyard Syrah vines, planted in 1996 and 2000, are aged in 500-litre neutral oak barrels and 1,500-litre casks. Lawrence Wine Estates CEO Carlton McCoy brought in winemaker Nico Cueva (formerly of Kosta Browne) to lead Haynes, offering him a blank canvas to shape this Burgundian-focused programme in the heart of the Coombsville AVA.

Syrah / Shiraz

Haynes Vineyard, Forgeron Syrah, Napa Valley, Coombsville, California, USA, 2022

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Such an expressive wine with an attractive, perfumed nose of pure black cherry and blackberry fruit, accented by violets, white 

Haynes Vineyard, Forgeron Syrah, Napa Valley, Coombsville, California, USA 2022

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