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All Products • Club Exclusive • Red • Spring 2026 • Syrah 2019

Syrah 2019

93% Syrah, 7% Viognier · Grist Vineyard • Dry Creek Valley · 68 cases

One whiff is all it takes for you to be in the loving arms of the Mediterranean. Black olive tapenade, plum skin and wild scrub brush take you alllllll the way there. Hints of lightly charred hardwood, tamari, and leather swirl across the sunbaked red earth, faintly spelling out “awooooga.” This is Syrah in its truest form.

750ml, 13% ABV

Enjoy With

All your traditional Syrah pairings: earth-forward flavors like shiitake mushrooms and falafel, or grilled meats. Choose something you have to wrestle with, like the end piece of a rack of lamb.

Drink When

You’ve traded the hard pants for something softer. This wine encourages the grill to stay hot and the hospitality warm.

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Martha's Notes

It’s no secret that many winemakers love Syrah and working alongside the team at Pax provides ample opportunity for exploration. Ours is a Californian celebration of a traditional French technique, co-fermenting mountaintop Syrah with a small percentage of white Viognier grapes. When fermented together, the Viognier skins stabilize and deepen Syrah’s inky color (flavanols reacting with anthocyanins to form highly stable polymers) and brings added freshness to Syrah’s gamier notes. Of course the chemistry of why a dark wine becomes darker when adding white grapes wasn’t well understood centuries ago when this practice started in the northern Rhône valley, which is both a testament to legacy and the excitement of applied science.

Specifications

Vintage:

2019

Alcohol:

13%

Varietal:

93% Syrah, 7% Viognier

Vineyard:

Grist Vineyard, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County; planted in the 1970’s atop Bradford Mountain (1,000’ elevation); farmed according to organic principles; iron-rich red volcanic soils.

Vinification Notes:

Whole cluster (stems intact) co-fermentation of Syrah and Viognier, sealed in a tank for two days (semi-carbonic maceration). After opening the tank, a mixture of punchdowns and pumpovers were used to gently extract tannin. Pressed prior to dryness and aged in neutral oak barrique for 17 months before bottling, and then aged an additional 14 months in bottle before release. Unfined. Unfiltered. Sediment expected.

Serving Temp:

Cellar // 55-60°F // 13-16°C // This bottle should be cold to the touch, but not frosty.

At Bottling:

(February 2021): Free SO2 13 mg/L, total SO2 43 mg/L. All wines are vegan.

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