Ann Kramer’s ranch just east of the historical gold-mining town of Sutter Creek in Amador County provides near optimal conditions for the Mediterranean varieties we love. The foothills is all about geology (this is gold country) and the granitic soils lay their distinct thumbprint on this Syrah by providing brightness and texture. Shake Ridge is one of those magical pieces of land that is remote, rugged and surrounded by typical foothills flora of Ponderosa Pines, Manzanita scrub and hundred-year-old Heritage Oaks. It’s a slice of Old California and we’ve done everything to craft a wine that signals its native wildland surroundings.
