Va Piano Vineyard Syrah
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lamb chops, roasted duck, wild mushroom ragout
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from the esteemed Va Piano Vineyard in the southern district of the Walla Walla Valley, this Syrah represents a masterful dialogue between winemaker Ryan Crane's low-intervention philosophy and one of the region's most expressive terroirs. Planted in gravelly, silty loam soils, the vineyard benefits from warm daytime temperatures and cool evening breezes flowing from the Blue Mountains, allowing the grapes to develop deep complexity while retaining vital acidity. Kerloo Cellars coaxes out the wild, savory side of this site using native yeast fermentations and aging in neutral French oak puncheons. The resulting wine is a striking tribute to the Northern Rhône style, capturing the classic Walla Walla signatures of smoked meats, black olive tapenade, and dark, brambly fruit, wrapped in a structure of refined, velvety tannins.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 2007 by winemaker Ryan Crane, Kerloo Cellars takes its name from the echoing call of the sandhill crane, symbolizing Crane's calling to craft authentic, terroir-driven Washington State wines. After studying viticulture and enology in Walla Walla and honing his cellar craft at Forgeron Cellars and Va Piano Vineyards, Crane built Kerloo around meticulous fruit sourcing from esteemed, sustainably farmed vineyard sites spanning the Walla Walla Valley, Yakima Valley, and Columbia Gorge. His cellaring philosophy prioritizes minimal intervention, foot-treading, native fermentations, neutral oak, and concrete maturation to highlight purity of site and varietal transparency. Kerloo built a devoted following for its cool-climate Rhone-style expressions and vibrant single-vineyard bottlings, including Celilo Vineyard Chardonnay, Boushey Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc, and single-site Grenache, Syrah, and Grenache Rosé from benchmark crus like Upland and Painted Hills.
🍇 Grapes
Syrah