Grist Vineyard is one of the oldest Syrah vineyards in Dry Creek. Planted by the Hambrecht Family on the top of Bradford Mountain in 1974, it has been organically farmed by Vineyard Manager Warren Burton since 2003. Grist forms the backbone of our Syrah each vintage and is the perfect example of how a Fringe Vineyard produces expressive, age-worthy Syrah.

GRIST BLOCK STATS
Total Syrah Acres: 9.6
Acres dedicated to VERGE Wine Cellars: 8.6
Clone: Phelps
Rootstock: 1 00R
Spacing: 10x4 feet
Vines per Acre: 968
Tons per Acre: 2.5

From the Front Lines – Warren Burton, Vineyard Manager
“Bradford Mountain is a really special place to grow Syrah. It performs quite well up here. The main benefit we have by being on Bradford is that we’re above the fog line. That decreases the humidity and also increases the number of sunshine hours each season. We’re also really fortunate to have a steady breeze each day, which helps cool the vines and moderates the summertime temperatures to around 85-90 degrees. Syrah can be quite vigorous so the cooler temperature and the volcanic Boomer Soil really helps control that.”