Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Estate "A" Syrah 2023 CRV and the winemaking mirrors her

and the winemaking mirrors her premier crus: 350L barrels

layered complexity that only time hands over

you get a third more wine without having to open a second bottle

' the melancholy this wine was supposedly built to chase away

Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Estate "A" Syrah 2023 CRV and the winemaking mirrors herA 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