This wine and name the Kashmir is all about theowner of Caliza Vineyard, Carl Bowker. Joe felt thissong, Kashmir, by Led Zepplin was a perfect fit formultiple reasons. First of all, this song is from the 70’sand Carl rocks the best mustache in town. Handsdown. Getting more in depth, this song is about adetermined and relentless journey and Carl is one of themost dedicated grape growers and winemakers thatwe know. He has a true vision and dedication for whathe does and this wine displays that beautifully.

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Technical Notes:Blend: 100% Syrah 100% Caliza Vineyard– Willow CreekSyrah Clone and Harvest Date:383– Oct. 20174– Oct. 28Alban– Oct. 19Aging: We fermented each of the different clones of syrahseparately in small bins and only punched down rather thanpumping over. After pressing, the wine was placed in 7French Seguin Moreau barrels, 4 of them being new and 3being once used. It spent 23 months in barrel aging beforebeing blended and sent to the bottle.

Bottling Date: September 12th, 2012 Cases: 176Alcohol: 14.8% pH: 3.73 TA: .588 g/L RS: .97 g/L