Saxum 2016 Heart Stone Vineyard

Winery Notes:

The Heart Stone Vineyard is a small 7 acre vineyard planted on a gentle South slope of limestone and shale. With 8 different clones of Syrah, 4 of Grenache and 1 Mataro, we aim to produce a wine that is both compelling and complex. We typically co-ferment all the varieties together with a high proportion of whole clusters, producing a tannic and spicy wine that has great purity and complexity. We age this wine with very little new oak in mostly larger puncheons for 20-28 months. Our wines are never racked off their lees and are bottled unfined and unfiltered.

97 points Jeb Dunnuck

96 points Vinous

93 points Wine Spectator

92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Composition: 51% Grenache, 27% Syrah, 13% Mataro, 6% Petite Sirah, 3% Touriga Nacional