Cabot, Kimberly’s Vineyard Syrah, 2016 nrhonecount091724 and nearly impossible to find

and nearly impossible to find

The clay soils here create wines of depth and structure rarely seen in the Loire

Fermented with partial whole clusters and aged in older barrels

alcoholic Cannonau of yesteryear: this is the new Sardinia

floral complexity that defines great traditional Barolo

Cabot, Kimberly’s Vineyard Syrah, 2016 nrhonecount091724 and nearly impossible to findSyrah grown at the literal northern edge of California wine country, in the mountains of Humboldt County far above where anyone sensible plants vines. John and Kimberly Cabot farm organically up here, and Kimberly's is their home estate cuvee, made only in vintages that earn it. The trick that makes it sing is a co fermentation with a small dose of Viognier (5 to 10 percent), an old Northern Rhone move that lifts the aromatics and adds a floral top