Our first release, JDA Project, is a focused, limited-production Rocks District Syrah for those who follow the world’s great wines and expect this place to stand beside them.
JDA Project is a 100% Syrah from our estate J. David Vineyard in The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater. It is made with a low-intervention approach that emphasizes purity and site expression. Fermentations are conducted with wild, native yeast in small lots using 1.4-ton stainless-steel fermenters, with partial whole-cluster fermentation for added structure and dimension. The wine is then aged for 26 months in a mix of 600L puncheons and neutral French oak. This vessel choice preserves freshness, builds texture, and gives the wine room to evolve without overt oak influence. The finished wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Winemaker Notes: JDA Project is shaped in my mind by the great Syrah regions of the world and grown here in The Rocks District of the Walla Walla Valley. Created with intention, this wine has purity of fruit, elegance, beauty, and sharp focus. The structure is layered with blue fruits, minerality, white pepper, and seared meats. It’s powerful and graceful, with seductive notes of fresh white flowers. A wine that achieves mountainside power alongside the juiciness and purity of a Rocks District Syrah. -Matt Reynvaan
About The Label: JDA Project was the working name from the start, built from Rob’s father’s initials, J. David Andrews. It stuck because it’s personal and rooted in family legacy. Our label is a nod to how JDA Project began. In the early days, as the wine and the idea were taking shape, sample bottles were marked with strips of blue painter’s tape. That tape became a symbol of the project in development, and the label carries it forward as a reminder of the hands-on, from-the-ground-up spirit.
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97 Points Editors Choice International Wine Report
97 Points Owen Bargreen
96 Points James Suckling
94 Points Northwest Wine Report, Sean Sullivan
