La Sirena
2018 Syrah
, Napa Valley
Barrett Vineyard, Calistoga

Dark purplish-black with aromas of ripe black plums, bacon, blackberry jam, and black tea.  Dense, chewy and ripe across the palate with a nice mid-palate texture and weight.  Rich, structured, and complex, with a long evolving finish.
This vintage produced such a delicious Syrah that they elected to bottle on its own, unblended, to show how special Syrah can be flying solo.  Tiny production of 135 cases – mouthcoating and yummy, and simply begging to be paired with steak!

Syrah's meaty, smokey flavors complement burgers, sausages, and lamb.
The wine's peppery boldness also pairs well with lamb's delicate, earthy flavors.
Only about hundred cases made of this wine.  While it lasts!

VINEYARD

Barrett Vineyard grows 2 acres of Estate Syrah on property in Calistoga.
This robust varietal is typically used to add structure in fuller bodied blends.  Their 2018 vintage was just so incredibly delicious they had to give it its own bottling.  The last vintage of 100% Barrett Syrah was all the way back in 2007.  This very special wine for a limited bottling.

WINEMAKER

Since 1988 Heidi Peterson Barrett has had an impressive client list of ultra-premium wineries to her name, over 2 dozen in total.  Past winemaking clients include Screaming Eagle (14 years, 1992 and 1997 vintages garnered another set of perfect 100’s from Parker. And a 6-liter bottle of the '92 Screaming Eagle set a world record for the highest price ever paid for a single bottle of wine $500,000 at the 2000 Napa Valley Wine Auction.) 

Other projects include Dalla Valle (8 years), Jones Family (12 years), Grace Family (6 years), Vineyard 29 (6 years), David Arthur, Barbour Vineyards (15 years), Revana (10 years), Showket (12 years), Kenzo Estate (20 years), Paradigm (32 years), and Lamborn (25 years).

VINTAGE

The 2018 Napa Valley vintage belongs in an echelon with the finest of the past two decades.  In terms of weather, "slow" and "easy" were consistent descriptors for this vintage.

APPELLATION:  Calistoga AVA (Napa Valley)
VARIETAL:  100% Syrah from Barrett Vineyard, Calistoga AVA (Napa Valley)
HARVEST DATES:  Sept 27, 2018
AGING:  100% French oak barrels 35% new for 22 months
BOTTLING DATE:  June 23, 2020
RELEASE DATE:  April 14, 2023
TA:  6.3 g/L
pH:  3.85
ALCOHOL:  14.8%

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