History
Carolyn Coryelle planted the site in 1999 high on the coastal ridges north of Jenner, at the meeting of King Ridge Road and Tin Barn Road. It was the first vineyard source for Tin Barn Vineyards, which took its name from the road, and Ernest Vineyards has since also bottled Syrah from the site, which it calls Palmer Canyon.
The Site
The vines sit just off Tin Barn Road inside Fort Ross-Seaview, around 1,000 feet up and squarely in the path of the coastal winds that strip the Pacific fog off the ridge.
Vines and Blocks
Six acres of Syrah on the hillside block.
The Wines
Tin Barn's Coryelle Fields Syrah is cool-climate coastal Syrah in the Northern Rhone register, dark-fruited and peppery, with a Joon rose of Syrah drawn from the same rows.