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PIEDRASASSI Syrah PS Santa Barbara '22
PIEDRASASSI Syrah PS Santa Barbara '22
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Piedrasassi "P.S." Syrah is a masterful blend of 100% Syrah sourced from premier cool-climate sites, including Sebastiano Vineyard in Sta. Rita Hills, Bien Nacido in Santa Maria Valley, and Harrison Clarke in Ballard Canyon. This vintage captures the essence of a challenging yet rewarding cool growing season, yielding a wine of exceptional depth and restraint—production doubled from the prior year while elevating quality to new heights, with just 748 cases made.In the glass, it unfurls with a smoldering, aromatic bouquet of charcoal embers, lavender, olive brine, and subtle vanilla pod, evolving into vivid notes of black olive, wild mushroom, licorice, maple bacon, white pepper, black currant, and perfumed florals. The palate is medium-bodied and intensely savory, offering rich layers of Kalamata olive, iodine, and animalistic earthiness, balanced by lithe tannins, bright chalky acidity, and a linear structure that lingers endlessly on the finish.Fermented with indigenous yeasts in open concrete tanks and aged 17 months in neutral French oak barriques and puncheons, this unfined, unfiltered expression clocks in at a modest 12.9% ABV and minimal sulfur (20 ppm), preserving its expressive aromatics and age-worthy potential. Critics rave: 94 points from James Suckling for its distinctive depth and persistence, and 92 points from Robert Parker for its decadent, overachieving savoriness.Pair it with grilled lamb chops, hearty Bolognese, or seared steak to highlight its textural grip and savory soul—a benchmark for Santa Barbara's under-the-radar Syrah renaissance.
