- Certified Organic & Biodynamic
- 100% Syrah (Serine – Pre-clonal Syrah)
- Stolpman Estate Vineyards (Ballard Canyon AVA)
- One-acre own-rooted head-pruned 6,000 vine/acre Jessica Lauren Stolpman parcel
- Planted in 2016 with cuttings from Domaine Clusel Roch “Les Grandes Places” in Côte-Rotie
- Own-rooted
- 100% hand harvested
- Native fermentation in an open-top stainless steel tank for 12 days
- 100% whole-cluster, 3 circulations total
- 3 punch downs total, daily circulations
- Aged in one 265L Cigar and one 500L puncheon (both 3 year old) from Ermitage, Vache Forest, France
- 14% abv
- 97 cases
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2024
Country:
United States
Region:
California
Appellation:
Ballard Canyon
Variety:
Syrah
Color:
Red
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | US-STP-56-24 | 12/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
Vinous
Score
100
Date
2026-11-17
"The 2024 Syrah Great Places Jessica Lauren Stolpman is the most mind-bending wine in this range, and one of the finest Syrahs I've ever tasted from California. There™s a sense of flash and finesse here that makes this feel so pretty, so enticing. Dark macerated cherry, rosewater, creme de violette, incense and blackcurrant open with boundless concentration, while a pastille-like, velvety texture and ultra-refined tannins convey stunning purity. The inclusion of 85% whole clusters lends the wine remarkable textural vibrancy and aromatic delineation. The 2024 is dynamic and multidimensional, a wine that reaches the top of the mountain. Sensational."
James Suckling
Score
97
Date
2026-06-16
"A dark and cocoa-accented wine that™s very fresh, balanced and agile in texture. Dark chocolate, dark cherries, dried blueberries, iron, violets and graphite all crowd into a dense, elegant character with fine-grained tannins. So linear and focused."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2023
James Suckling
Score
97
Date
2025-10-13
"So aromatically multidimensional throughout, with a thrumming heart of iron-rich sanguine notes raised by crushed violets, cracked pink peppercorns, blackberry liqueur and salinity. Plush yet precise, showing medium-grained but beautifully structuring tannins through the extended finish. Best after 2027."
2023
Vinous
Score
96
Date
2025-08-28
"The 2023 Syrah Great Places Jessica Lauren Stolpman is a cool-toned, savory expression that captures both finesse and restraint. Black raspberry, granite and slate notes race across the palate, laced with ripe, juicy overtones. The acids are soft and the tannins ultra-fine, building slowly into a wine that feels sumptuous yet never heavy. Lavender and licorice season the long, taut, focused finish. This is a Syrah of quiet confidence, elegant in its understatement and full of nuance."
2023
Wine Advocate
Score
96
Date
2025-11-06
"The most savory and aromatically nimble of The Great Places range, the 2023 Syrah The Great Places Jessica Lauren Stolpman derives from Serine clones originating from Domaine Clusel-Roch's Les Grandes Places lieu-dit in Cœte-Rœtie. This bottling exudes the most ethereal, meaty and animalistic aromatic profile of the four bottlings, while retaining the absolute purity that defines the range. Within the context of a punchy, dense and immensely saturated wine, the palate is the most slender, lifted and vibrant, characterized by a sleeker, more lithe texture than the lumbering concentration found in the other cuvšes. The finish is equal parts chalky, focused and expansive, framed by grippy, ultra-refined tannins and lingering with palpable intensity that melds immense richness with a beguiling sense of airiness. After time in the glass, its savory tones further develop into one of the more spice-driven and exotic expressions of the range, eclipsed on that metric only by the Ruben Solorzano bottling, which, quite fittingly, also derives from Serine clones, albeit of Cœte Blonde origin."
2023
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
91+
Date
2025-09-04
"Deep purple-hued, the 2023 Syrah Great Places Jessica Lauren Stolpman reveals cassis, plum, and blue fruits intermixed with gamey herbs, pepper, and violets. Fermented with 100% whole clusters in concrete and aged 14 months in neutral French oak puncheons, it™s medium to full-bodied with a hint of carbonic maceration both on the nose and palate, which isn™t particularly appealing. The tannins are firm and grippy, giving it an old school Côte-Rôtie-like edge, and while there™s plenty of length, the overall balance is questionable at this stage. This is clearly an outstanding wine, but I™d like to see how it comes together with time in bottle. Drink 2029-2039."