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2021 Block Six Syrah Purisima Mountain Vineyard

Block Six was the first section of Purisima Mountain Vineyard to be farmed biodynamically starting in 2002 and is the highest elevation block in the vineyard featuring significant deposits of chalky limestone. These factors contribute to a wine that has consistently been our finest Syrah bottling.

The milder conditions in the 2021 vintage produced a great Block Six wine that reminds us of the epic 2015 release. Waves of dark fruits, minerals, pepper, chocolate, and vanilla weave their way through the aromas and flavors of the wine. Definitely a vintage with higher acidity and bigger tannins structure, the 2021 Block Six retains a round and seamless texture where the rich flavors are supported and lifted by the great structure. A wine that should age very well, we expect the 2021 Block Six to age for the next 25 years.

Tech Sheet

Beckmen Vineyards 2021 Purisima Mountain Vineyard Syrah Block Six
Pmv Block Six Syrah

Critic Reviews

  • Jeb Dunnuck

    97 Points

    Last of the Syrahs and from vines plant­ed in 1999 by Steve Beck­men, the 2021 Syrah PMV Block Six (100% Syrah aged 23 months in 58% new bar­rels) reminds me of a great Her­mitage with its dark­er cur­rant and cas­sis fruit as well as scorched earth, smoked herbs, ground pep­per, and vio­let-like aro­mat­ics and fla­vors. Con­cen­trat­ed and medi­um to full-bod­ied, with a focused mouth­feel, it’s up with the finest Syrahs I’ve ever tast­ed from this estate (and it pret­ty much stopped me in my tracks.) I love it today, yet it will ben­e­fit from a year or two of bot­tle age and blow you away over the fol­low­ing decade.

  • Wine Enthusiast

    95 points

    Edi­tors’ Choice

    This is bold for a San­ta Bar­bara Coun­ty-made Syrah, start­ing with unc­tu­ous aro­mas of elder­ber­ry, blue­ber­ry, pur­ple flower and crushed mint. Mouth­coat­ing and firm fla­vors of blue­ber­ry are enhanced by tar­ragon and cracked pep­per on the palate, prov­ing spicy, struc­tur­al and elegant.

    By Matt Kettmann, July 2024

  • Vinous

    95 Points

    The 2021 Syrah Purisi­ma Moun­tain Vine­yard Block Six is anoth­er stel­lar wine from Steve Beck­men. It cap­tures all the savory and min­er­al inten­si­ty of Block Six, along with the brac­ing per­son­al­i­ty of this cold vin­tage. Red fruit, chalk, blood orange, mint, crushed flow­ers, slate and dried herbs all race across the palate. I espe­cial­ly admire the ener­gy here. Drink­ing Win­dow 2024 — 2034.

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