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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.

2019 PMV Block Six Syrah: Classic Block Six Syrah aromas of game, pepper, blackberry, chocolate, and mineral highlight the 2019 vintage. Another stellar year for this wine, the palate is packed with more spice, dark fruits, chocolate, and plum with amazing texture, fine tannins, and balanced acidity. Delicious as usual, the 2019 should age beautifully for the next 25-30 years. Crafted from 100% certified biodynamic grapes.

2020 PMV Block Six Syrah: The 2020 season will be remembered for its intense heat spikes in the Santa Ynez Valley. Thankfully, unlike most parts of California, we had no fire and smoke issues with our grapes and wines. Other than the intense heat the season was a good one and has produced wines of outstanding quality with lower than average yields. The heat that came in August and September shut down some vines and caused damage to some fruit, so sorting in the vineyard and winery was essential to a successful vintage. Our biodynamic farming also helped to offset some of the negative effects of the heat which helped to make 2020 another stellar vintage for Beckmen Vineyards.

2021 PMV Block Six Syrah: 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.

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Critic Reviews

  • Jeb Dunnuck

    97 POINTS

    2021 PMV Block Six Syrah

    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. Matu­ri­ty 2026 — 2036.

  • Wine Enthusiast

    95 POINTS

    2021 PMV Block Six Syrah

    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. 

  • Vinous

    95 POINTS

    2021 PMV Block Six Syrah

    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.

  • Jeb Dunnuck

    95 Points

    2020 PMV Block Six Syrah

    Brought up in 65% new oak, the 2020 Syrah Block Six Purisi­ma Moun­tain Vine­yard is more up-front, per­fumed, and exot­ic, with loads of blue­ber­ry and plum fruits sup­port­ed by notions of spring flow­ers, vio­lets, under­brush, and leafy herb notes. Plump, full-bod­ied, round, and exot­ic, this lift­ed, incred­i­bly com­pelling Syrah will evolve for a decade.

  • Wine Enthusiast

    94 Points

    2020 PMV Block Six Syrah

    Cel­lar Selection

    Clean while rich aro­mas of black cher­ry, elder­ber­ry, pep­per­corn and dark herb shine on the nose of this bot­tling. Grip­py tan­nins wrap around the elder­ber­ry, pur­ple flower and cracked pep­per fla­vors of the palate. Drink now – 2035.

  • Vinous

    94 Points

    2020 PMV Block Six Syrah

    The 2020 Syrah Purisi­ma Moun­tain Vine­yard Block Six is a dense, unc­tu­ous wine. The warm year and a few more months in oak yield a wine of sump­tu­ous inten­si­ty that will appeal most to read­ers who enjoy opu­lent Syrahs. Inky dark fruit, choco­late, leather, licorice and cloves all meld togeth­er in this flam­boy­ant Syrah. Har­vest was about a month ear­li­er than in 2021! This is very much a win­ter wine to enjoy with sim­i­lar­ly hearty fare. Drink­ing Win­dow 2024 — 2033.

  • Jeb Dunnuck

    94+ Points

    2019 PMV Block Six Syrah

    The par­cel selec­tion 2019 Syrah Block Six Purisi­ma Moun­tain Vine­yard is also all vari­etal and spent 22 months in 65% new French oak. Dark­er black and blue fruits, chalky min­er­al, choco­late, liq­uid vio­lets, and white pep­per all flow to a con­cen­trat­ed, pow­er­ful, nice­ly struc­tured Syrah that will ben­e­fit from a few years of bot­tle age. It should have a slight­ly longer drink win­dow than the Clone 1, which is more open and complex.

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