Stirm Wine Co. Cienega Valley Calcite 2024 SPRHONE At this age the wine

At this age the wine has long shed its primary fruit and traded it for the nutty

and roasted hazelnuts

Cep Syrah is made from barrels of Peay Estate Syrah that were not selected for the final blends of Les Titans or La Bruma

and the resulting white blend reads classical and saline rather than tropical: think a Pessac-Leognan-inflected California white with mountain grip and Pacific freshness

Stirm Wine Co. Cienega Valley Calcite 2024 SPRHONE At this age the wineRiesling (44%) Chardonnay (56%). Calcite is the predominate geologic parent material of the soils found in the Cienega Valley; its an ancient type of limestone which is extremely rare in CA. This wine represents the typicity of the regions alkaline soils and the dynamic of the warm day cold night diurnal shift climate, which balances ripeness and retained freshness. Grapes were hand harvested over several passes between three different vineyards, from