2023 Syrah Cuvée Violette
SYRAH CUVEE VIOLETTE IN 7 WORDS
Blackberries Violets Olives Licorice Spice Fleshy Elegance
WINEMAKING NOTES
Cuvée Violette, as the name suggests, displays the perfumed and floral side of this noble grape variety. The palate is silky smooth thanks to a gentle extract in this freakish year of heat domes and forest fires. The focus is on the feminine and graceful qualities of Syrah coming to the foreground and nearly 2% of Viognier in the co-ferment process helps with this. In the cellar we kid around and call this wine a Syrah for Pinot Noir lovers. Crunchy bramble fruit and purple flowers mingle with pepper and spice. Red and black bramble fruits burst on the nose and the palate. This cuvée is ready to be enjoyed and savoured upon release. It can be aged for the mid-term (5-7 years). It will most likely continue to improve past that age too.
2023 Syrah Cuvée Violette is coming from the lowest-yielding vintage since inception. The vines gave us only 1.85 tons per acre (compared to our more typical 3-4 tons/acre or those of more quantity-minded producers at 5.5+ tons). It is hypothetically somewhere between the richer, fuller, juicier 2020 and the classic balanced style of 2019 or even 2018.
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Meat-Based
Crispy-Skin Duck Breast with a Lavender Honey Gastrique or Steak Dianne with a Flambe of Crème de Violette and Cassis Moutarde is a match made in heaven as well.
Plant-Based
Hearty, earthy and lightly herbal food with this one. Lentil Walnut Meatloaf with Burnt Onion Jus is definitely a winner.
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