2023 Kobayashi Syrah, Washington, USA Birdhorse 2022 Domaine des Comtes Lafon

2022 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Les Gouttes d'Or

with part in Fleurie and part in Chiroubles

along with Santa Barbara County Vineyard Manager Jim Stollberg and Winemaker Dieter Cronje

The 2024 Santa Ynez Valley Syrah was harvested across several dates in late September and

Properties

2023 Kobayashi Syrah, Washington, USA Birdhorse 2022 Domaine des Comtes Lafon97% Syrah, 3% Viognier from WeatherEye Vineyard, located at the top of Red Mountain in eastern Yakima Valley. The Rhone varieties Travis and Mario source from WeatherEye are ungrafted, single stake trained, and planted at high density on rocky, fractured basalt soils. The wine was whole cluster fermented with ambient yeasts, and matured for 22 months in French oak (25% new) before bottling, unfined and unfiltered.