“For the columbia valley syrah I shoot for a wine that is respective of washington state, while still employing some traditional old world techniques. We have a very generous climate in washington, that can yield very fruity, powerful wines.
Syrah ripens early and can be particularly representative of the columbia valley’s generosity. I look to combine warmer sites from the wahluke and horse heaven, with a cooler site in the horse heaven. This can produce a wine with Washington’s characteristic fruit, dark color, and ripe flavors, with some cooler site attributes of pepper, olive, acidity, and violets.
By using no new barrels we are able to maintain these flavors and aromas without muddying them in oak flavors.
I use a combination of some whole clusters and destemmed whole berry fermentations, cooler fermentation temperatures, and some native yeast fermentations to scale back extraction levels in order to craft some finesse into the wines.”

Poppie and James Mantone

Syncline
111 Balch Rd
Lyle, WA 98635
509.365.4361
info@synclinewine.com