Located in the Columbia Gorge AVA, which straddles Oregon and is at the westernmost edge of Washington State's Columbia Valley AVA, Syncline is a limited-edition, small-batch winery that maintains a strong vision of producing world-class wines through innovative winemaking, while also being mindful of the environment in every aspect of its biodynamic vineyards.
It has a vibrant ruby color and rich aromas of pomegranate, iris flower and wild red currant.
A well-balanced wine with lively red fruit flavours.
Fermentation with the stems produces elegant tannins, resulting in a wine that is rich, full of vitality, has a long finish and is pure in expression.
Steep Creek Ranch is our home vineyard and our Gamay Noir is grown on the south slope above the winery.
All our vineyards are based on biodynamic and organic philosophies and practices.
All grapes are hand-picked and 65% undergo whole-cluster carbonic fermentation in French concrete cube tanks.
After 5 days, the remaining 35% is destemmed and added on top of the fermenting wine.
Fermented with wild yeasts, unclarified and using both pump-over and foot punch-down.
The free-run juice was kept separate for maturation in French concrete cubes.
Bottled in August 2022.
A syncline is a geological term that refers to a section of rock where horizontally deposited layers of rock are bent by lateral pressure to form a winding valley.
Owners and winemakers James and Poppy Manton's winery and vineyards are located in the Columbia Gorge AVA, which is at the westernmost edge of Washington State's Columbia Valley AVA, the largest AVA in Washington State, and straddles Oregon.
The AVA is split between the rainy western and semi-arid desert regions, and their winery and vineyards are located in the middle.
Their winemaking, which began with just 76 cases in 1999, has remained unchanged ever since, and they have earned a high reputation as a limited production winery, maintaining a strong vision of producing world-class wines through innovative winemaking, while also respecting the environment in every aspect of their biodynamic vineyards.
In order to maintain a close relationship with the barrels and grapes, annual production is limited to 5,000 cases.