Stolpman Vineyards 2024 "Great Places - Jessica Lauren Stolpman" Syrah, Ballard Canyon

                                         A fantastic Syrah from California's Central Coast. Limited. 100 Points Vinous: "The 2024 Syrah Great Places Jessica Lauren Stolpman is the most mind-bending wine in this range, and one of the finest Syrahs I've ever tasted from California. There’s a sense of flash and finesse here that makes this feel so pretty, so enticing. Dark macerated cherry, rosewater, crème de violette, incense and blackcurrant open with boundless concentration, while a pastille-like, velvety texture and ultra-refined tannins convey stunning purity. The inclusion of 85% whole clusters lends the wine remarkable textural vibrancy and aromatic delineation. The 2024 is dynamic and multidimensional, a wine that reaches the top of the mountain. Sensational." From pre-clonal Serine (Syrah) vines planted at Stolpman estate in 2016 with cuttings from Domaine Clusel Roch "Les Grandes Places" in Côte-Rotie. This special wine comes from a one-acre of own-rooted, head-pruned vines. The Jessican Lauren Stolpman parcel is a very high-density planting at 6,000 vines per acre. Farmed biodynamically. Native fermentation in an open-top stainless steel tank for 12 days, 85% whole-cluster. Aged in seasoned large format oak. “The all-star team comprising Pete Stolpman, Ruben Solorzano and Kyle Knapp is running like a finely tuned supercar. The 2024s at Stolpman may very well be the best wines to ever come off this estate in Ballard Canyon. This is the result of years of intensely dedicated farming, precision viticulture and a highly complex massale grafting project that propagated cuttings from the Northern Rhône. It’s safe to say that Stolpman is now the epicenter of fine Syrah in California. The 2024 Syrah Great Places Jessica Lauren Stolpman is unforgettable.”—Billy Norris, Vinous