2022 Stagiaire Wines 'Sunset in Undertow' Syrah

From Winemaker Brent Mayeaux

For generations the Poors have been farming their property in the mountains east of Hopland whose peaks separate Mendocino County from neighboring Lake County. They don’t drink, and they farm grapes as if they were any other crop. It just so happens that grapes are what they can grow up there without water.
Across many expositions and elevations they work with only red varieties that do well in hot and arid environments. All plantings are done from their own nursery and grafted onto St George rootstock. A very low vigor and drought tolerant selection. Classic California organic farming consisting of cross-discing for weed management and sulfur dusting for powdery mildew control. Nothing else. Very low input. Yields are very low depending on the block. The Syrah for this wine comes from the Upper vineyard which yields between 1-2 tons per acre. You feel like you are on a different planet up there. 
The deep-rooted vines bake in the sun without regard for the number on the thermostat, focusing their energy into the few concentrated clusters they can eke out each year. It isn’t a site for making rose or delicate chilled reds. The wines want to be opulent and full. To force them to do something else is hubristic.
So this is hubris. 7 day carbonic before essentially a direct press yielding a dark rosato of Syrah which was blended with a small portion of Sauvignon Blanc .