Blend: 91% Syrah, 6% Petite Sirah, 3% Viognier
Ageing: 15% new French oak, 85% neutral French oak.
Gamey and dark with herbal notes, baking spice and wild blueberry. Notes of crisp bacon, white pepper and bay leaf. Rosemary and pine needles. Smelling this wine is like taking a walk in Muir Woods. Makes one imagine graphite, lavender, creosote and lifted violet. Really rolls onto the palate with weight and expansive volume. Cooling and suave as it lightly dusts the palate with cocoa-fine tannins. Black ink on the palate. Finely crushed tannins that are so supportive of the fruit. Perfectly frames the delectable syrah density beautifully. So decadent and built for the long haul. On day two opened, this wine absolutely demands to be near the top of the pyramid of Sangres. A very special bottle. - Winemaker, Matt Dees
"The 2019 La Sangre De Jonata (91% Syrah, 6% Petite Sirah, and 3% Viognier) sports a similar dense purple hue as well as stunning blueberry and blackberry fruits intermixed with awesome graphite, ground pepper, liquid violet, and iron-like aromas and flavors. Stunningly pure, full-bodied, and concentrated, it has the more focused, structured style of this estate front and center as well as incredible purity and a finish that won't quit. This is brilliant all the way, and while it has some appeal today, it will benefit from 3-4 years of bottle age and, I suspect, have two decades of overall longevity." 97+ Jeb Dunnuck
