Funkadelic
Single Vineyard Syrah · Funk Vineyard, Rocks District 13 / 15
Rocks Syrah off Funk Vineyard.
100% Syrah off Funk Vineyard, on the basalt cobbles of the Rocks District.
Seared meat and dark cherry, with black olive, smoke, tobacco spice, and a chocolate edge.
Grapes
100% Syrah
100% Syrah from Funk Vineyard: seared meat, dark cherry and plum, black olive, smoke, and tobacco spice.
Terroir
Basalt cobblestone riverbed
Grown on the basalt cobblestone riverbed of the Rocks District of Milton-Freewater. Funk Vineyard's ancient riverbed of softball-sized basalt cobbles drives the seared-meat, olive, and smoke savor.
Region
The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater
From the Rocks District of Milton-Freewater AVA.
Winemaking
Foot-crushed, neutral oak
Foot-crushed, native ferment with stems; 33% whole cluster, 20 months on the lees in 100% neutral oak, bottled unfined and unfiltered. A club-tier Rocks release; 90 cases, 14.9% alc.
What it is
Why it matters
Why it's cool
Composition100% Syrah
AVA(s)The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater
VineyardsFunk
Oak / aging20 months on the lees, 100% neutral oak; unfined/unfiltered
Whole cluster33%
Cases140
Alc14.6%
pH4.08
TA5.1 g/L
Scores 2023 IWR 96Wine Enthusiast 95