2019 GOEDHART FAMILY SYRAH
Tasting notes
Blueberry, cranberry, orange liquor, dried herbs, coffee, pink peppercorns, dried ginger, cinnamon and touch of toasted almond. The palate is light with a nice tartness with flavors of earth, blueberry, spice and slightly creamy finish.
Cellaring: This wine is a little tight now, but like other Red Mountain wines, should age well, probably peaking in 10 years, but still be very drinkable at 15 years old.
Grapes are from Bel’ Villa Vineyard, which is in the Red Mountain AVA. The wine was destemmed and partially crushed into stainless steel fermenters where it was punched down three times per day until desired tannin extraction was achieved. It was then pressed to barrels where it underwent malo-lactic fermentation, then racked off lees and 100% barrel aged for 18 months in 50% new oak. 80% French oak and 20% American oak.
Harvest: 2019 threw us for a few surprises when it came to the weather! After 2+ months of snow starting in Mid-February it never quite got hot. We were a bit behind going into veraison and the ripening period of September, which was a cold month. We traded our usual Indian summer and warm fall with a chilly September and a freeze on October 10th and 11th that hit a lot of areas pretty hard. Luckily with our early pick philosophy and intuition of picking based on flavors instead of numbers put us ahead of the curve and we had everything in before the freeze. Overall, 2019 is proving to be a classic Washington state vintage, with wines that are showing a lot of balance and restraint that will only become more complex and improve with time
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Varietal | Syrah |
| Varietal Composition | 100% Syrah |
| Appellation | Red Mountain AVA |
| Vineyard | 100% Bel'Villa |
| Acid | 5.7 g/l |
| PH | 3.89 g/l |
| Alcohol | 13.50% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Bottling Date | 03/15/2021 |
| Cases Produced | 189 12 pack cases |
