“Our sixth vintage of making wine from the Kahn Vineyard. This hillside vineyard located at the southernmost tip of the Mayacamas range which divides Napa and Sonoma Valley contains a combination of valcanic and valley floor soils giving it tremendous complexity. The cool nights and warm days give this wine perfect balance between ripeness and acid, we farm this vineyard ourselves certified organic. In 2017 we decided to try doing 100% whole cluster and doing gentle pump overs instead of the usual punch downs. Picked at 24 Brix, aged 18 months in neutral oak barrels and then bottle aged for another 18 months. Meaty minerality, bright tannins, full fruit mid palate, long finish.” - Winemaker’s Notes
Keep Wines Syrah Kahn Vineyard
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Specifications
| Winery | Keep Wines |
|---|---|
| Varieties | Syrah |
| Farming Practices | certified organic / single spray in early summer, drip irrigation once or twice per vintage |
| Soils | volcanic soil on slope / clay soils on valley floor |
| Trellis system | Guyot |
| Harvest Technique | by hand |
| Year Vines Were Planted | 2001 |
| Yeast | ambient |
| Fermentation | 100% whole cluster fermentation in stainless steel / gentle pumpovers / pressed to barrel |
|---|---|
| Maturation | 18 months in neutral barrel / 18 months in bottle |
| Sulfur | minimal effective sulfur |
| Filter | no |
| Fining | no |
| Alcohol | 13.25% |
| Item No | T0165 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Bottle Case | 12 |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Sub-region | Napa Valley |
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