The 2021 Dirt Worshipper is impossible to ignore, blending incense with dried roses, white pepper and exotic spice. This impresses with its elegance and grace, washing across the palate with silken textures and ripe red and black fruits as a wave of juicy acidity adds lift. Violet inner florals resonate throughout. It tapers off spicy and incredibly long, embraced by a coating of fine-grained tannins that tug at the senses as a resonance of clove lingers on. Simply spellbinding, this is unmistakably New World fruit, yet with an Old Word soul. (EG)

The Dirth Worshipper is a blend of 88% Syrah, 7% Petit Verdot, 4% Graciano, and 1% Viognier, co-fermented, bringing in some pretty aromatics. The wine is aged 18 months in 29% new French and Hungarian oak 225L barrels, and 71% used 225L barrels—a fashionable red blend with bright floral aromatics, cranberry and black cherry fruit and cedarwood spices. Medium to full-bodied, sporting a deep core of earthy minerals infused with red-berry fruits and intricate, woven tannins that build with a crescendo of brambly berry fruit to a finish marked by a firm spine of acidity and nuanced expressive fine herbs, white pepper, clove, and dried rose petal florals. The intensity of the finish is downright exciting and surprising, leaving one immediately wanting another sip to see where it's going. (JC)