A California Syrah, through and through. Opening with milk chocolate, white pepper, and pipe tobacco this wine is rich with Christmasy baking spices. Elegant and smooth, with tannins that are soft but still very in tact.
This wine was fermented naturally with 50% whole cluster and aged in 50% new French oak. It includes 3% viognier to give it some extra energy.
54 cases produced.
2018 Brosseau Syrah, Shaeley Lou
$44.00
Syrah is one of those wines, that gets overlooked because it can run such a wide gamut that there is little typicality to it. However, if you say cool climate Syrah in limestone to a wine person, their eyes are guaranteed to light up and they will begin to profess their unparalleled and undying love of Syrah.
When they say they they mean Syrah like this.
The effect of the soil on this fruit means that it produces smaller berries with higher skin to fruit ratio- which translates into darker fruit and more condensed flavors.
Syrah is also a fruit which benefits from whole cluster fermentation, when the whole cluster of fruit, including the stem is included in the fermentation vessel. The inclusion of stems adds herbaceous notes, spice, and complexity and can also serve to soften acids and tannins, creating a more balanced and layered wine.