SYRAH Andrew Murray (922274)

Black cherry, mixed berry pie, cocoa, toasty french oak, roasted tomato, floral, honey, peach

Our Roasted Slope has been among our most sought after wines each and every vintage since we first dreamed it up back in 1996 after a nursery mistake left us with a Syrah vineyard inter-planted with about 8% Viognier.  Rather than pout about it, we decided to begin to co-ferment the two grapes together, just like they do in the famed Northern Rhône appellation of Côte Rôtie.  I decided to name this new wine Roasted Slope (a direct and literal translation of Côte Rôtie).

96pts Jeb Dunnuck, 96pts Vinous