The Rockblock label started in 1999 with a sole focus: vineyard designated Oregon Syrah. We have focused on the warmer areas of Oregon in the south and east where Syrah can achieve maximum expression of character and ripeness.

WHAT’S IN A NAME?
The name Rockblock was chosen to reinforce the concept that the most profound expressions of Syrah are grown in areas where the soils are nutrient poor and often “rocky”. All of the Syrah vineyards we work with have these intense and distinctive characteristics.

TASTING NOTES - Tony Rynders, Winemaker
Dazzling aromas of fragrant milk chocolate, mulberry, black cherry, plum, cedar allspice and licorice. The palate shows lots of briary blackberry, red currant, fresh tobacco, cedar, licorice and bittersweet chocolate on the long, structured finish.

VINEYARD
Sourced entirely from Seven Hills Vineyard in the Walla Walla Valley of eastern Oregon. The vines are a Phelps (Joseph) selection and are planted on their own roots at approximately 970 vines per acre (9x5).

CROP YIELD & AGING
2.20 tons/acre. Aged 15 months in 3-year air dried French oak barrels of which 65% were new.