Desire Lines “Winds of Change” Syrah '23

Desire Lines is the work of Cody and Emily Rasmussen, a husband-and-wife team who moved to California from the Midwest in 2011. In 2013, Cody started working as assistant winemaker at Bedrock Wine Co. (where he is now head winemaker), and a few years later they made their first wine, establishing Desire Lines.

Working with carefully farmed vineyards throughout Northern California, an area that is home to a stunningly rich assortment of historically significant and distinctive vineyards, they produce singular wines of character that are faithful to their vineyard sources and absolutely delicious.

In the cellar, they practice native yeast fermentations, often using whole cluster in many of the red wines, and age the wines in mostly neutral oak and large-format barrels.

The 2023 “Winds of Change” Syrah is made from fruit grown in three vineyards: Sky Vineyard, Shake Ridge Ranch and Graves Vineyard. The wine was fermented with 40% whole cluster and 5% Viognier and raised in a combination of 500-liter and 228-liter barrels with just the slightest kiss of oak. 

Medium-bodied, “Winds of Change” shows Syrah’s classic notes—red and dark berries, graphite, lavender, peppercorn spice, and anise—and the energy so often missing from other bottlings of the variety. Pair this alongside garlic and herb crusted lamb loin chops.