Syrah

Fact sheet

Type

Red

Grape

Syrah

Country

United States

Region

Columbia Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley

Appellation

Columbia Valley

Body

full

Acidity

medium

Tannin

high

Sweetness

dry

Rated vintages

• 201292 pts

  This blend of Les Collines (60%), Lewis (20%) and Portteus (20%) vineyards, which saw 25% new French oak, offers blueberry and huckleberry along with herb and dark chocolate accents. It's supple and soft in feel, deft but with depth to the fruit flavors.

• 201191 pts

  Grapes are sourced from Red Mountain and old-vine Yakima valley sites. Lovely aromatics highlight a mix of citrus, wild blueberry, brambly red fruits and a whiff of game. The structure and breadth lead into a smooth finish with veins of licorice and espresso.

• 200989 pts

  Half of the fruit was sourced from the outstanding Lewis Vineyard, and the dense, dark, purple berry flavors are compelling. Highlights of black olive, smoke, and a bit of stem and earth add complexity. Give this one some breathing time, or cellar it for a few more years to soft…

• 200890 pts

  Rich, evocative, lush with aromas of earth, coffee, chocolate, mocha—scents that suggest excellent evolution ahead. Right now the fruit is primary, tart, raspberry and cherry, and not yet smoothed into the greater whole. But all the potential and pieces are there.

• 200691 pts

  This has lovely raspberry and cranberry fruit, with beautifully laid-in highlights of baking spice, white pepper and dried herb. Some early suggestions of cured meat are also starting to show, but the fruit is the real star, sappy and juicy and deep without being heavy or hot.

• 200591 pts

  Smooth, luscious, dense and brilliant—the color is saturated and superbright—this silky wine has kept the tannins supple and ripe. It captures the essence of young, fresh, spicy Syrah, unadulterated or modified with other grapes. This is tight, firm, sappy, young and a bit relen…