2022 Levo Warm Regards Syrah Central Coast 6pk 6x750ml

Levo Wine is the creation of self-taught winemaker Bret Urness, who founded the label in 2011 after a pile of rejection letters from California's enology programs sent him in a far more interesting direction — into the remote cellars of Portugal's Douro Valley, where he spent four months making wine by hand with just a pump, a pair of boots, and a journal. Those primitive lessons stuck.

Back in California, Urness set up shop in Paso Robles' Tin City — an industrial warehouse district turned craft beverage hub — where he now produces small-batch Rhône-varietal wines from some of the Central Coast's most coveted vineyard sites.

The name is rooted in the Latin verb levō — to raise, lift, elevate — and reflects Urness's stated stylistic goal: rich, structured, voluptuous California reds that never sacrifice varietal correctness, electricity, or aromatic lift. Labels and wine names change every vintage by design, creating a sense of immediacy and rarity that has earned Levo a devoted cult following.

The Warm Regards is Levo's Syrah flagship for the 2022 vintage — and one of the most celebrated wines Urness has made. The blend is 84% Syrah, 13% Petite Sirah, 2% Grenache, and 1% Graciano, drawn from an exceptional roster of Central Coast growers spanning both Ballard Canyon and Willow Creek AVAs, including Stolpman, Kimsey, Larner, G2, Fulldraw, and Caliza.

Hand sorted and fermented in stainless tank and small open-top bins over 7–14 days with approximately 10% whole cluster, it was then pressed gently to 225L barriques for 17 months in a mix of new, once-used, and neutral French oak before being bottled unfined and unfiltered.