Our Whale Rock Vine­yard is CCOF Cer­ti­fied Organ­ic and locat­ed on the west­side of Paso Rob­les in the Tem­ple­ton Gap Dis­trict. This vine­yard pro­duces a well-round­ed Syrah as the cool air at night aids to retain the acid­i­ty while the warm days devel­op fla­vors in the berries. This ver­sa­tile wine will age grace­ful­ly and pairs well with any­thing from appe­tiz­ers to heavy pas­ta dishes.

Syrah from Whale Rock vine­yard was crushed on Octo­ber 23^rd at a per­fect 25.4 degrees brix. The ripeness results in a wine with depth of col­or and a cor­re­spond­ing lush and vel­vety mouth­feel. A com­bi­na­tion of small oak and larg­er oak stave-in-tank aging added lay­ers of com­plex­i­ty to this wine. Syrah from this loca­tion nat­u­ral­ly has more tan­nins than our oth­er vine­yard loca­tions and will reward fur­ther bot­tle aging.