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Wine Details
Price:
$25.00 per bottle
Description:
The Carneros District vineyards of Lee Hudson are divided into two soil types. Both types are well suited to Syrah, and each is capable of producing a wine with its own individual set of charms. We make our Napa Valley bottling from the grapes grown on the hard sandstone soil in the northern reaches of the appellation, using a significant percentage of whole-clusters for the fermentation in our custom built open-top tanks. We rely on a lengthy maceration -- 30 days or more. We age the wine in 60-gallon French oak barrels for about a year, with little or no intervention, which allows extensive lees contact. All of these time-honored practices have been used for generations in the Northern Rhône regions of France. They give us a wine that is intensely dark (almost opaque) and has a powerful aroma of fruit and earth. It’s a wine with a fascinating underlying rusticity.
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Varietal Definition
Syrah:
Syrah is the eight hundred pound gorilla of Rhone grapes! In the vineyard and the winery, Syrah is typically an easy grape to work with - healthy, early ripening, resistant to mildew and rot; suitable for winemaking in a variety of styles. The wines from Syrah are tannic without being harsh. The wines will have a taste and smell of dark blue fruit like blackberries and blackcurrant, with a strong spicy side where one can find freshly ground pepper and other spices. Syrah is famous for its part in the French blends, such as Côtes du Rhone and Châteauneuf du Pape.
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