2023 Kobayashi Syrah, Washington, USA LC 2025 June and Lignier’s rendering of this

and Lignier’s rendering of this cru seems to capture this complexity in its endlessly layered mineral core

where the grass is kept high

mainly in the 30-40-year range

Sourced from estate vineyards in the hillier soils on the eastern side of Lake Garda

Sangrada and Zarandada are two wines from the same fruit made in different ways

2023 Kobayashi Syrah, Washington, USA LC 2025 June and Lignier’s rendering of this97% Syrah, 3% Viognier from WeatherEye Vineyard, located at the top of Red Mountain in eastern Yakima Valley. The Rhone varieties Travis and Mario source from WeatherEye are ungrafted, single stake trained, and planted at high density on rocky, fractured basalt soils. The wine was whole cluster fermented with ambient yeasts, and matured for 22 months in French oak (25% new) before bottling, unfined and unfiltered.