2016 Dirt Vernacular Grenache & Rätsel 16 Syrah
- Dirt Vernacular Grenache and Rätsel 16 Syrah
shipped together in Spring 2019.
- Dirt Vernacular Grenache is …
- 78% Grenache, 11.5% Mourvèdre, 7% Touriga Nacional, and 3.5% Petite Sirah.
- aged about 23 months in 38% new French oak, 53% used French oak, and 9% concrete.
- 43% whole clusters, mostly the Grenache.
- 42% Eleven Confessions Estate, 25% The Third Twin Estate, 22% Cumulus Estate, 9% Bien Nacido,
and 2% Molly Aida Estate Vyds.
- bottled into 1208 cases of 750s and 600 magnums.
- has a gold wax capsule and was wrapped in gold tissue paper.
- Rätsel 16 Syrah is …
- 81% Syrah, 7% Mourvèdre, 5% Petite Sirah, 4.5% Viognier, and 2.5% Grenache.
- entirely from estate vineyards:
47% Eleven Confessions, 38% The Third Twin, 13% Cumulus, and 2% Molly Aida.
- aged about 23 months in French oak, 47% new.
- 47% whole clusters.
- bottled into 1791 cases of 750s and 600 magnums.
- has a dark red wax capsule and was wrapped in crimson tissue paper.
-
Rätsel
is German for a riddle or a puzzle.
This wine was originally named Cypher 16
.
I suspect it had to be changed because there is already is a
Cypher Winery.
The Dirt Vernacular Grenache came with a gold wax capsule in gold tissue paper.
The Rätsel 16 Syrah came with a dark red wax capsule in crimson tissue paper.
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Magnums of these two wines were sold in a wood-boxed set containing
one Dirt Vernacular Grenache (gold tissue paper, gold capsule) and
one Rätsel 16 Syrah (crimson tissue paper, dark red capsule).
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The winery has confirmed that no 3L bottles of 2015 Dirt Vernacular Grenache or
Rätsel 16 Syrah were made.
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