2020 Te Mama Syrah
vineyard: located just 5 miles from the San Pablo bay, the Alley Family vineyard is on the cool Sonoma side of the Los Carneros AVA. sourcing from this site was enticing as there are 7 Syrah clones interplanted.
vintage: the 2020 conditions saw near-ideal spring bud break, steady flowering, even fruit set, and a lengthy stretch of warm days and cool and often foggy nights during the long summer months.
winemaking: picked on the 25th of September, 15% whole cluster. wild yeast fermentation in neutral puncheons. aged for 19 months in 20% new French barrels
vineyard: located just 5 miles from the San Pablo bay, the Alley Family vineyard is on the cool Sonoma side of the Los Carneros AVA. sourcing from this site was enticing as there are 7 Syrah clones interplanted.
vintage: the 2020 conditions saw near-ideal spring bud break, steady flowering, even fruit set, and a lengthy stretch of warm days and cool and often foggy nights during the long summer months.
winemaking: picked on the 25th of September, 15% whole cluster. wild yeast fermentation in neutral puncheons. aged for 19 months in 20% new French barrels
vineyard: located just 5 miles from the San Pablo bay, the Alley Family vineyard is on the cool Sonoma side of the Los Carneros AVA. sourcing from this site was enticing as there are 7 Syrah clones interplanted.
vintage: the 2020 conditions saw near-ideal spring bud break, steady flowering, even fruit set, and a lengthy stretch of warm days and cool and often foggy nights during the long summer months.
winemaking: picked on the 25th of September, 15% whole cluster. wild yeast fermentation in neutral puncheons. aged for 19 months in 20% new French barrels