Jessica Lauren Syrah 2024

Stolpman’s Pre Clonal, Own Rooted Projects
The Great Places began in 2006, when vigneron Ruben Solorzano visited Côte Rôtie.  There, the oldest “Serine” clusters looked and tasted more delicate than the widely available, modern-day Syrah clones.  In 2007, Ruben replicated those ancient parcels on Stolpman’s steepest east-facing hillside.  The wines subsequently produced proved to us that ancient pre-clonal material had the potential to revolutionize the quality of Stolpman Syrah.   
The illustration of this first pre-clonal vineyard “Ruben Solorzano” now adorns all of The Great Places labels.  As of 2020, the project includes five different strains.  It takes more than six low-yielding vines to create one bottle of wine and all vineyard work must be done by hand on the tightly packed, symmetrical steeps.