The name means "the turning point," and there's intent behind that. This is Jon and Elizabeth Bowen's statement on what Syrah can be in the High Corbières: not the heavy, sun-baked southern stereotype, but something altogether more precise and alive.
Harvested early to preserve freshness, — light on its feet for a southern red. Rich black fruits lead, framed by floral and mineral notes, with chalky tannins that keep everything lifted and focused. Biodynamic farming, the same obsessive attention to terroir that defines everything at Domaine Sainte Croix, and minimal intervention in the cellar all contribute to a wine that feels clean, elegant, and genuinely surprising.
The rugged limestone hills of the Hautes Corbières, the maritime wind off the Mediterranean, the ancient soils — all of it is here in the glass. Just not quite the way you'd expect.
A Syrah worth paying attention to.