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"Ripe black raspberries, blueberries, smoked meat, violets, and earthy nuances all emerge from the 2020 Syrah Zotovich Vineyard, a pure, medium to full-bodied Syrah that brings beautiful varietal aromatics while showing the more exotic, marine-influenced style of the Sta. Rita Hills. With good acidity and fine tannins, it will benefit from just a year or two of bottle age and evolve gracefully over the following decade. This beauty comes from a site on the northern edge of the Sta. Rita Hills and was 70% destemmed and aged 22 months in used barrels."  ∼  Jeb Dunnuck