Jolie Laide North Coast Syrah 2021 Reasonable Cellar Orion Alpha is one of

Orion Alpha is one of his Cabernet Franc cuvées — gently extracted

and built around the table rather than the spotlight

Ready to drink tonight

this was distilled in 2007 and bottled in 2015 with only 120 bottles released

Jolie Laide North Coast Syrah 2021 Reasonable Cellar Orion Alpha is one ofScott Schultz cut his teeth alongside Pax Mahle at Wind Gap and that cool climate Syrah pedigree shows up loud in this bottling. The 2021 pulls organic Sonoma fruit together with two standout Mendocino sites: Hawks Butte in the Yorkville Highlands and Alder Springs. Both are rocky, high elevation, and sit above the fog line, so the grapes get sun while keeping their nerve. Picked early, whole cluster fermented, foot crushed, and aged ten months in