Florèz Wines "Remus" Syrah, Santa Cruz Mountains, California 2022

FROM JENNY & FRANCOIS:

THE WINE: 100% Syrah dry farmed on a gentle south-facing slope about 3 miles from the ocean amongst the redwoods. This micro-lot is the slightly cooler sibling to the Romulus Syrah grown a mile away.

THE PRODUCER: Florèz Wines was founded by James Jelks in 2017. Born in Santa Cruz and raised in Davis California Jelks is a west coast kid. After a decade of wine fascination, attending the UC Davis E&V program, and working worldwide Jelks set his sights on producing wines in Santa Cruz county. He is farming some vineyards himself, always dry-farmed, and is also sourcing some fruit from organic and sustainable vineyards. He always works with native yeasts, does not use additives except for a minimal amount of sulfur at bottling, and does not filter the wines.