The 2024 Santa Ynez Valley Syrah comes from two sites that we farm in Santa Ynez Valley: the Pace Vineyard and Starfire Vineyard. Both vineyards benefit from afternoon breezes and cold nights to help retain acidity and balance the bright, warm, sunny days that grace the Santa Ynez Valley.

The Pace Vineyard, a small backyard family site we farm with Ryan's father and industry veteran, Randy, was planted by Ryan's family in 2000. We have made wine from here since Outward's inception in 2016. We began farming Starfire in 2024, and these are the first grapes we've harvested from this site. Both sites are farmed using regenerative organic practices.

This wine is the one exception to our single-varietal approach. We co-fermented the Syrah 100% whole cluster with 5% Viognier grapes also grown at the family site ... a blend inspired by the wines of Côte Rôtie. After fermentation, the wine was pressed and aged in neutral French oak barrels for 10 months.

Tasting notes: fresh violets, blackberry, boysenberry, cracked black pepper, graphite, wee splash of bacon fat

organic / 100% whole cluster / native yeast / unfined / unfiltered

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