2016 Hawks Butte

Profoundly aromatic with notes of blackberry, fig and California bay, the 2016 Hawks Butte offers an earthy blend of dark fruit, black olive and black pepper notes. Aged entirely in neutral French oak barrels, the Syrah’s varietal characteristics shine without the added weight of new wood flavors and barrel tannin. Whole cluster fermentation allows the wine to obtain additional tannic structure from the stems rather than that of oak barrels, resulting in an aromatically expressive wine with round tannins on the mid palate and a long, smooth finish.