Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Estate "A" Syrah 2023 Enderle & Moll 2021s who is making a name

who is making a name for himself bottling rare Italian varieties from San Benito County

He hand-harvested a single row of dry-farmed Catawba in Suisun Valley's alluvial soils and gave it the full traditional-method treatment: second fermentation in the bottle

Aged in oak for a minimum of two months

The winemaking is old-school and unfussy: fully destemmed

Barrel #15217

Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Estate "A" Syrah 2023 Enderle & Moll 2021s who is making a nameA cool climate Syrah from one of California's most overlooked appellations. Richard Alfaro's estate in Corralitos sits on the ocean facing side of the Santa Cruz Mountains, where Pacific fog and a long, even growing season pull Syrah toward the savory, peppery end of the spectrum rather than the dark and jammy. The "A" bottling pulls from multiple blocks across the estate and spends 12 months in used French oak, leaving the fruit and the cracked