Alexander Valley Vineyards Syrah

Our syrah vineyards are located on the wetzel family estate near the schoolhouse where the vines typically enjoy the warm days and cool nights that made the alexander valley famous. We started producing alexander valley vineyards syrah in 1994. At that time we didn’t grow the grapes instead hank purchased the fruit from long time grower and hunting buddy alex vyborny. That syrah led us to start planting rhone varietals in 1995. The 2014 growing season was very similar to 2013. The ongoing drought combined with a mild winter and spring caused an early bud break but the overall length of the growing season was similar to past years. The lack of rain did not impact our fruit due to moderate temperatures throughout the growing season and the grapes ripened evenly. The syrah and viognier ripened together in 2014 so the two grapes were harvested the same day de-stemmed then cold soaked together retaining the bright berry flavors and stabilizing the color. The wine was aged for 15 mo