2018 Cimarron Vineyard Syrah

We’ve been working with Cimarron Syrah for seven vintages now, and it’s become a real staple in our cellar. Not only does this wine make its way into a couple of our important blends, we always pull our favorite two or three barrels for a vineyard/varietal designate. It’s become such a reliable old pal that we sometimes forget what amazing wine this stuff actually makes. With its dark, brooding fruit, green spice, floral notes of lavender and its dense tannins, Cimarron puts out one of the most complex and complete Syrahs we’ve seen in Arizona still. This wine was aged for a brief time in a new French oak barrel from the Damy Cooperage – our all-time favorite barrel-maker – for added notes of toasty, wood spice and more mid-palate weight. Only three barrels produced.