Product Information:
A bold syrah-based blend from legendary Californian producer Screaming Eagle. The Todos always has the most exotic, complex and enticing aromatics in the line-up. There's earthy truffles, jasmine, brown spices, pepper and clove. Straddling a core blueberry fore, fig and aged balsamic. Velveteen black fruits on the palate. A wine of extreme power, but also elegant and well balanced.
The 2017 is a blend made of 44% Syrah, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Sirah, 10% Petit Verdot, 6% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc from sustainaly farm vineyards in the Ballard Canyon, Santa Ynez Valley AVA, California. As for the barrel regime the blend matures in 18% new French oak, 82% neutral French oak.
Maker:
Owned by the iconic Screaming Eagle, JONATA wines are on the vanguard of an emerging quality movement in California winegrowing. The Ballard Canyon AVA is located within the greater Santa Ynez Valley appellation. As California’s Central Coast most notable emerging locations, JONATA’s sandy site and its team’s winegrowing know-how have produced results that are widely recognized as the best ever seen from this region.
Dedicated to expressing a range of red—and a handful of white—wines from its estate in the Central Coast of California’s Ballard Canyon appellation within Santa Ynez Valley, Jonata is one of a new breed of producers throughout the world who are thriving with a non-traditional amalgam of varieties and blends. With a commitment in particular to Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Syrah, and informed by cutting edge viticulture, winemaking and a polyface approach to their estate, the Jonata wines are on the vanguard of an emerging quality movement in California winegrowing.
Jonata is dedicated to sustainability from the inside out; a principled approach to farming. With its use of polyface farming—as first introduced to America by Michael Pollan in his book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”—Jonata integrates and revolves livestock (chickens, turkeys, goats, pigs and sheep) in their farming model, which naturally enhances the soil and health of their land not to mention that of the critters themselves and the Jonata community! We maintain a large communal garden and an orchard that produces our own estate olive oil along with honey from bees raised on the ranch. Water is used judiciously and with precision. Herbicides and pesticides don’t even enter the conversation.
Vineyard:
2017 had a went winter that broke the drought, giving the soils a good drink. Yet it was certainly a year with some of the smallest yields and earliest harvest dates for Jonata (with a few of the first picks coming in mid-August). There were great growing conditions in June and July before a suddenly cool August. Some early harvest prior to the warm periods graced blends with freshness and structural integrity. Some select blocks were picked after the heat had passed, fleshing out the wines with density and power. The combination of these characteristics resulted in wines of purity, balance and complexity.
Nose - Smoked Plums, Blackberries, Crush Rock Minerals
Beautifully perfurmed with blackberries, smoked plums, graphite, and ground pepper.
Palate - Silky, Red Fruit, Ground Pepper
and silky, with lovely red fruit character that comes through nicely.
Finish - Elegant, Concentrated, Perfumed
Concentrated and fleshy red that has the class, as well as the structure, to keep for the long haul.
Certainly, the quality is top-notch. Blackberries, smoked plums, graphite, ground pepper, and crushed rock-like minerality all emerge from this beautifully balanced, elegant, yet concentrated and fleshy red that has the class, as well as the structure, to keep for over a decade - Jeb Dunnock, 93-95 Points.
The 2017 Todos is superb, beautifully perfumed and silky, with lovely red fruit character that comes through nicely. Floral accents add brightness - Antonio Galloni, Vinous, 90-92 Points.
The Finer Details
Style - Red Wine
Varietal - 44% Syrah, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Syrah, 10% Petit Verdot, 6% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc
Country - United States
Region - California
Vintage - 2017
Bottle Size - 750ml
ABV - 14.1%
