Palate
Taste this expression of Syrah next to our 2017 Paderewski Vineyard Block B, and you’ll really get a sense of the different terroirs of our two estate vineyards.
The 2017 Creativity rides high on the palate with fresh blue and red fruits. So fresh in fact that the acid drives sensation to the top palate almost as soon as the wine hits your tastebuds. The big fruit gives way to freshly cured meats, roasted herbs, and rocky minerals. Give this wine some air and watch it develop in your glass or cellar.
Growing Conditions
Parentage:100% Catapult Vineyard
Catapult Vineyard:
Directly in the heart of the Paso Robles’ Templeton Gap, near the acclaimed L’Aventure and Booker Vineyards, sits our Catapult Vineyard. In 2008 we came across 45 barren acres of extreme rocky soils packed with silicious shale and little limestone content. Just the type of soils we love; soils that encourage the vines to struggle while finding nourishment deep within the ground. The reward of this hardworking vine are berries packed with wicked complexity and intense flavors.
Though barely three miles from our Paderewski Vineyard, the pH level at Catapult Vineyard is in the high 5’s. A nice complement to the dirt over at “Rewski”. This pH difference, coupled with the cooler mesoclimate at Catapult allows for different flavor profiles from the fruit produced.
Planted: 2008 Acreage: 28 under vine, 45 total Soils: shale, clay, silt, rocky pH: high 5s AVA: Paso Robles District: Willow Creek Red Varietals: Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, and Tempranillo White Varietals: Grenache Blanc,Roussane, and Viognier
Bottling
Graduation: Bottled June 13, 2019 | Debut: Released Fall 2020
Winemaking
In 2017, the Syrah from our Catapult Vineyard stood out as different in fruit and tannin and demanded to be left as its own bottling – and so it became our 2017 Creativity.
Rearing: Fermented in stainless steel and oak tank
Aging
Aged 13 months in French oak regular and mid-sized barrels (37% new) and then five months in concrete tank
