Cabot, Kimberly’s Vineyard Syrah, 2016 nrhonecount091724 was officially extinct in 1970

was officially extinct in 1970

The clay soils here create wines of depth and structure rarely seen in the Loire

and nearly impossible to find

The palate is precise and textural

floral complexity that defines great traditional Barolo

Cabot, Kimberly’s Vineyard Syrah, 2016 nrhonecount091724 was officially extinct in 1970Syrah grown at the literal northern edge of California wine country, in the mountains of Humboldt County far above where anyone sensible plants vines. John and Kimberly Cabot farm organically up here, and Kimberly's is their home estate cuvee, made only in vintages that earn it. The trick that makes it sing is a co fermentation with a small dose of Viognier (5 to 10 percent), an old Northern Rhone move that lifts the aromatics and adds a floral top