Grape Varieties
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A Grenache-Syrah (and latterly pure Syrah) from a 2-acre parcel of black basalt sand and cobble at the leased Lyle desert site, typically one of Hiyu's richest, most Rhône-like reds. The parcel was grafted over to white grapes in 2020, making these the final vintages. Named for the Gaelic harvest festival Lughnasadh.
Vintages
~65% Syrah, 35% Grenache. Whole-cluster, foot-trodden 2–3 times in a short 11-day ferment, ~13 months in old barrels, bottled at just 12 months. Nate: the cool, frost-touched 2019 rendered a wine “more reminiscent of Northern France than what is usually …
Pure Syrah — the first from this parcel without the adjacent Grenache. Hand-harvested, nearly 100 days on skins whole-cluster, then three years in four old 500-liter barrels, unfined and unfiltered. Nate: “the most epic version of this cuvée — baroque …
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