Otto Reynard 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 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.  
Planted in 2016, 2023 marks the debut classification of Pete and Jessica Stolpman’s younger son, Otto Reynard.  Propagated from his elder sibling’s block, August James, both brothers’ wines were inspired by Auguste Clape’s Reynard parcel in Cornas.  East facing, August ripens earlier than the west-facing, windier exposure, Otto.