{"product_id":"2024-piolet-stoneridge-vineyard-syrah-royal-slope","title":"2024 Piolet Stoneridge Vineyard Syrah, Royal Slope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinemaker Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur impression of this wine \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e–\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStoneridge is the kid who runs into the building without looking back. Blueberry, black raspberry, and violet leap out of the glass, followed by crushed pink peppercorn and a curl of woodsmoke. The fruit is exuberant and fearless, but that cold-born tension of 2024 runs right through the middle and keeps it all in focus. Wild and theatrical, yet surprisingly composed. Confidence with good manners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNecessary Listening – \u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eJimmy Eat World – \u003cem\u003eThe Middle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe unofficial anthem for anyone who has ever stood in a crowded hallway feeling like they didn't fit. Turns out you do. Everyone's figuring it out. Even the wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2024 was a lesson in letting go, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn mid-January, an arctic blast dropped temperatures on some higher sites to eleven below zero. The following days, every grower and winemaker in Washington walked out with a razor blade and started slicing buds in half, looking for green. Green means life. Brown means doing math you'd rather not do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe did everything we could. At pruning, we left way more buds than any textbook would recommend. And then there was nothing left to do but step back and trust the vines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey came through. They usually do. Spring came cool and careful. Budbreak trickled in from late March into April, and then the shoots took off with a vigor that surprised nearly everyone. From mid-July to mid-August, the desert remembered it was a desert. The crop came in smaller, with yields naturally lower, so every vine poured itself into fewer clusters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarvest started in late September and ran through October in weather that was, by every account, gorgeous. Warm afternoons, cold nights, no rain. We tasted, we waited, we tasted again, and we picked when the fruit stopped arguing with us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can taste both seasons in these wines. There's a coolness at the core, a taut line of tension we credit to that winter. And there's a generosity in the fruit that belongs entirely to summer. A hard start that became something beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's the hope with kids, too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Piolet Vintners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50978854666479,"sku":"24SVSYR","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/1375\/6655\/files\/2024-Piolet-stoneridge-syrah-1000x1500.jpg?v=1791424979","url":"https:\/\/shop.pioletvintners.com\/products\/2024-piolet-stoneridge-vineyard-syrah-royal-slope","provider":"Piolet Vintners","version":"1.0","type":"link"}