The Grander Canyon
My horse had run off during the night. My map was swept away in a Flash flood. I thought I was lost. Little did I know I’d just found myself.
I wandered the canyon for days, foraging for food, half-mad from not hearing another human voice for so long. I was just about to eat some kind of crawdad I’d dug out of a creek bed when the aroma caught me.
Was it blackberries? Blueberries? Leather? White pepper? Or even… rose petals? It was all those things, a complex potpourri that set my mouth to watering. I followed that scent like a bloodhound, deeper into the canyon, deeper into the lengthening shadows of afternoon, deeper…
...and found a gulch that flowed purple. Dark, rich purple. It didn’t occur to me that the color could be due to blood, or pollution. I just knew I wanted to drink from it. Yearned to drink from it. Ached to drink from it. So drink from it I did.
After days of eating things I’d never thought I’d eat, the flavor was a revelation. Smoky, intense, almost like bacon. Why, this is the kind of flavor that gets a 91 in Wine Spectator, I thought. I slurped at that little stream until my guts couldn’t hold any more. You better believe I fell asleep with a smile on my face that night.
I’ve been here ever since. You can call it a Lost Canyon if you want. Frankly, I hope it stays lost to the likes of you city folk. But me? I know right where I am.
2007 Lost Canyon Stage Gulch Syrah:
- Harvest Date: October 10, 2007
- Vineyard: Stage Gulch
- Brix: 25.5
- Acid: 3.78pH
- Bottle Date: September 9, 2008
- Time in Oak: 11 months 50% new, 50% 1 year St. Martin
- Wine Alcohol: 14.7%
- Cases Produced: 550
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