2022 VERITAS SEQUITUR ESTATE SYRAH
COMING SOON
WINEMAKER’S NOTES
The 2022 Veritas Sequitur is near-perfect wine that beautifully showcases the captivating and alluring qualities that a world-class Syrah can deliver. This wine is slightly less opulent than its predecessor, but it is equally compelling. It has a dense, dark purple color with a compelling bouquet of blackberry, white pepper, Asian spices, garrigue, bacon fat, black olive, stony minerality, and forest floor. It is a medium-plus bodied wine with very high flavor density. The palate is complex and intense: blackberry, bacon fat, truffle, aged cigar tobacco, white pepper, garrigue, black olive, Asian spices, dark chocolate, and leather. The impeccably long finish resolves beautifully with savory notes of truffle, bacon fat, white pepper, and stony minerality. The wine shows exquisite balance and incredible flavor purity. This wine will continue to improve for the next 10-12 years and should drink well for the next 20+ years.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
The wine had a pre-fermentation maceration of 126 hours and a post-fermentation maceration of 133 hours. The wine was punched down by hand 3 times each day during macerations and fermentation. 100% whole cluster and 100% native fermentation. All individual wine components, including free run and press fractions, were kept separate until final blending. The wine had an elevage of 19 months in French Oak. The oak profile is 100% new French oak (predominantly from Troncais and Alliers). The wine achieved its sparkly brilliance from 3 judicious rackings, no fining agents were employed. The wine was very lightly filtered to capture any remaining lees. The alcohol is 13.9%, pH is 4.03, and the titratable acidity is 6.2 g/L.
CASES PRODUCED 162
VARIETALS 100% Syrah
APPELLATION Naravane Vineyard, Rocks District, Walla Walla Valley
LABEL STORY
The Naravane Vineyard is our estate vineyard located in The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater AVA, a newly minted AVA that is already proving to be one of the best wine regions in the world.
In 2015, we planted three one-acre blocks, each to a different clone of Syrah. Block 1 is planted to the JP clone; Block 2 is planted to clone 7; and Block 3 is planted to clone 5. This wine is a beautifully integrated blend of all three clones.
Veritas Sequitur is Latin for “truth follows.” It is our belief that the truth in the wine follows from the truth in our soil.