A bit of new and a bit of old. Weill Vineyard is the vineyard formerly known as Shanel, from which David Ramey crafted some lovely Syrah’s. The vineyard was developed by Daniel Roberts, also known as Dr. Dirt, who aided in the planting of many vineyards including a couple used by the Turley-Wetlaufer duo on the coast. As such it carries all the hallmarks of a modern vineyard-tightly spaced, modern rootstocks, cane-pruned, etc... Though the vineyard is still mainly planted to Syrah (and is the backbone of the North Coast Syrah), Bedrock Wine Company converted a small section of the vineyard to a recreated field blend of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Alicante Bouschet, Grenache, Tempranillo, and Mourvedre. The vineyard is in a cold site that would normally not get many of these varieties ripe but taking advantage of the tight-spacing they limited the vines to one cluster per shoot and dewinged. All of the fruit was harvest at once and cofermented. The resulting wine has great depth and richness, some of the perfume of a cool site but the density one can get with modern farming.
