In the 1980‚Äôs, Andrew, who was a paleontology major at the time took a trip to France that would change the trajectory of his life forever. While in the Rhône, he fell in love with Syrah and Viognier and promptly pivoted to a wine internship in Australia, followed up with an enology degree and then his winery in Santa Barbara County.
One can taste Murray‚Äôs inspirations in the wine, it‚Äôs as if he managed to encapsulate some magnificent hybrid of northern Rhône Syrah and Australian Shiraz into one bottle. The wine is dense with glossy notes of plum, blackberry and earth yet it has an unwaveringly bright core of lavender that gives it an undeniable grace. A little smoky, with plenty of blue fruit and elegant tannins – this is really fantastic stuff!
