Bottling Our First Wine - Syren 2019, Organically Grown Pinot Noir
Yesterday was a momentous day that we're still processing. Below is a highlight video of bottling Centralas's first wine - our 2019 Syren. This organically grown Pinot Noir from a single block on the crest of the Santa Rita Hills is why we were lured into winemaking in the first place.
Years ago, before the movie Sideways had changed Santa Barbara wine country forever, I tasted a Santa Rita Hills single block Pinot Noir of the same single clone that Syren is made from. It was the most sublime sensual pleasure I had ever experienced in liquid form.
That was the Syren's call that lured me to my destruction.
And what a beautiful destruction it has been.
I hope your senses - and your soul - are as ensnared by Syren, as mine were over 16 years ago.