Spiders From Mars
100% Syrah off the steep, densely-planted Ziggy Stardust block at Elevation Vineyard.
Floral and savory, with potpourri, green olive, peppercorn, huckleberry, and pomegranate.
100% Syrah from the Ziggy Stardust Estate block at Elevation Vineyard.
Set in the North Fork of the Walla Walla River microclimate: extremely steep, planted meter-by-meter at roughly 4,200 vines per acre, first crop in 2016. The Ziggy Stardust block is carved straight into ancient basalt: vines effectively jackhammered into fractured lava rock on a roughly 45-degree slope, about as extreme a planting as the valley has.
From the North Fork microclimate of the Walla Walla Valley.
100% whole cluster, foot-trodden, native-yeast ferment; one short pump-over a day for the first 4 to 5 days until the cap softens enough to punch down, never chasing maximum extraction. Aged in neutral puncheons 6 to 8 years old, essentially flavor-neutral: the vessel's job is slow, controlled oxygen to soften the tannin. No cultured yeast, no added acid, no enzymes, no added tannin; bottled unfined and unfiltered.