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Halcon Syrah Elevacion Yorkville Highlands 2019 - First Bottle

Reviews

95 John Gilman, View From The Cellar - Read

The Elevación bottling of syrah from Paul and Jackie Gordon hails from a parcel planted with the “Chave Clone” of this variety and it always seems to have just a touch more complexity than the Alturas as a result. The 2019 is a stunning young wine in the making, arriving listed at 13.4 percent alcohol and delivering a great young nose of black raspberries, cassis, smoked meats, pepper, early spice tones from the whole clusters, a gorgeous base of stony soil tones, dark chocolate, a hint of new leather and plenty of upper register smokiness. On the palate the wine is pure, precise, full-bodied and very transparent in personality, with a superb core of fruit, plenty of chewy tannin and a very long, precisely focused and nascently complex finish. This is a very young bottle of syrah, but also a brilliant one in the making. Just be patient, as it is going to need well more than a decade to start to soften up!

94+ Jeb Dunnuck - Read

The 2019 Syrah Elevacion is more elegant than the 2018, with a touch more precision and purity, although both are great wines. Black raspberries, beef blood, bouquet garni, violets, and floral notes define the bouquet. and it's medium-bodied, with a wonderfully pure, elegant texture, silky tannins, and a great finish. It's more approachable than the 2018 yet will still benefit from 2-3 years of bottle age. All you Gonon and Juge worshippers out there need to put these Syrahs from Halcon in a blind lineup and shock your friends.

94 Vinous - Read

The 2018 Elevacion (Syrah) is bold, pungent and savory, all while retaining the mid-weight sense of structure that is such a signature here. Black pepper, lavender, mint, rose petal and dried herbs add lovely layers of dimension. The 2018 is super-expressive and really delicious today.

Technical Details

BlendSyrah
WinemakerPaul and Jackie Gordon
CountryUS
RegionCalifornia North Coast
AppellationYorkville Highlands
Alcohol13.4%

Halcon Syrah Elevacion Yorkville Highlands 2019

Syrah Blends | US

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Anyone who knows the Halcon wines won’t even be reading this, but in case you need a primer… British expats Paul and Jackie Gordon fell in love with California wine and made a bold move purchasing a remote vineyard in the hills of the Yorkville Highlands, between Cloverdale and Anderson Valley. They then planted 15 acres with the help of seasoned winemaker Wells Guthrie of Copain Wines in Russian River Valley, Carole Meredith and Steven Lagier of Lagier Meredith Vineyard on Mount Veeder in Napa Valley, among others. They instantly became “culty” heroes among cool-climate Rhone varietal lovers. This fantastic bottling, Elevacion, quite simply SOARS. Get as much as you can, Rhone lovers!

A wonderfully aromatic, focused wine with balanced measures of bright lifted fruit and smoky, savory qualities, ultra-fine structure, and intense flavors. This is a wine that will only improve with bottle age and has the stuffing to improve for two decades should you have the patience. And yes it is, as Jeb Dunnuck deftly put it: “All you Gonon and Juge worshippers out there need to put these Syrahs from Halcon in a blind lineup and shock your friends.”

A microscopic amount of this is made only from the Chave Clone and is 100% whole cluster fermented, which gives this its savory wildness and superb structure. We bought the final 20 cases of this wine and it is a bit bittersweet to see this one go, as we remain super fans of this property. You won't find this wine anywhere else on the planet. We hope that Pax can continue the wonderful legacy of this epic vineyard. We wish Paul and Jackie the best!

PAIRING IDEAS: This needs a rich stew like beef bourguignon, or lamb chops, or even osso bucco. Why not have all three actually, and invite a bunch of friends!

MUSIC SUGGESTIONS: This Syrah gets us pumped and moving on this lovely Thursday morning! Turn on some Flogging Molly's “Drunken Lullabies”, and this song will keep you going all day long!

About the Producer

British expats Paul and Jackie Gordon fell in love with California wine made a bold move purchasing a remote vineyard in the hills of the Yorkville Highlands between Cloverdale and Anderson Valley. They then planted 15 acres with the help of seasoned winemaker Wells Guthrie of Copain Wines in Russian River Valley, Carole Meredith and Steven Lagier of Lagier Meredith Vineyard on Mount Veeder in Napa Valley, and Scott Shapley of ROAR. with a minimalist approach to winemaking and a hope to let the terroir of this unique site shine, and they do just that.