Fulldraw Vineyard Chopping Block 2019

Critical Acclaim: 96 pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate; 94 pts Jeb Dunnuck. 

Winemaker's Tasting Notes: A Southern Rhone-like blend of 49% Syrah, 34% Grenache, and 17% Mourvedre that spent 18 months in 50% new French oak, the Chopping Block has a big, opulent nose of smoked black fruits, black licorice, pot roast, and peppered meat-like aromas and flavors. This deep, powerful, inky colored effort stays balanced and relatively light on its feet and has a stacked mid-palate as well as a great finish. Incredible texture, complexity and density while still retaining vivid freshness.

"The 2019 Chopping Block is a gorgeous blend of 52% Syrah, 31% Mourvèdre and 17% Grenache grown on limestone that buzzes with energetic acidity. Medium ruby-purple, it's scented of crushed cherries and iron, with nuances of mint chocolate, licorice and game meats. The full-bodied palate offers finely detailed, savory dark fruits, a plush, rounded feel and loads of spices on the uplifted finish."- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. 

"More tobacco, peppery herbs, graphite, asphalt, and crushed stone notes emerge from the 2019 Chopping Block, another rich, powerful, yet still fresh and lively wine from winemaker Connor McMahon. It's going to round into form with just a year in bottle, and I wouldn't put it past this beauty to still be drinking nicely in a decade. The blend is 42% Syrah, 31% Mourvedre, and 17% Grenache, brought up in 50% new French oak. It has a decade or more of prime drinking ahead of it."- Jeb Dunnuck. 

Varietal: 49% Syrah, 34% Grenache and 17% Mourvèdre.