La Clarine Farm - Sumu Kaw Syrah 2019 (750ml) Vouvray

La Clarine Farm - Sumu Kaw Syrah 2019 (750ml) VouvraySumu Kaw is an exemplary Syrah vineyard. The elements of elevation (3000 feet), location (in the middle of a pine forest), exposition (ridge top) and soil composition (deep volcanic loam) come together here in a nearly perfect combination. With thoughtful farming and careful treatment in the cellar, it is possible to make a really superlative wine here. The soil, in particular, seems to lend everything grown here amazing aromatics. The Syrah grapes

round and ripe - gently chewy - but cool and refreshing too

beeswax that finish on a rich note

and nally aged in Slavonian oak barrels

The elevage is complex

tobacco leaf and chargrill with an emerging waft of cedar

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supple entry on the palate leads to a sensation of gentle power and air-light volume underpinned by cashmere silky tannins

35% new barrels

fresh violets

Perfect fruit was whole-cluster pressed in a horizontal bladder press

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