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• 92 Points—Wine Advocate / September 2011 More

Wine Details

Blend:  100% Syrah

Appellation/Vineyards: 83% Stone Tree Vineyard Wahluke Slope and 17% Francisca’s Vineyard Walla Walla

Aging:  26 months in new oak including 83% French and 17% Hungarian

Alcohol:  14.5%

Cases Produced:  146

Tasting Notes: Very deep and brooding nose. Dark fruits, meat, smoke and meat entangled with crushed lavender and minerals. Penetrating and substantial with spice, cedar and vanilla. Very dense almost thick in the mouth with youth full mouth coating tannins finely grained and complex. A very earthy and mineral driven finish promises of further development with extended bottle aging. Again a superb showcasing of Washington terroir at the top of its game.

Winemaking Notes:  Utilizing our most supreme lots and then our single barrel selection method two lots and only six barrels passed the rigorous testing for this mammoth Syrah. The Saignee method was used before fermentation to enhance mouth feel, structure, richness and overall power. Stone Tree is my concentrated ’evil’ in terms of tannins and structure. Francisca’s softer earthier Walla Walla profile was used to give a sense of elegance and to flesh out the wine thus adding to an already lengthy finish. My vision is to create a super concentrated mouth coating Syrah with terroir driven finesse and a wine not likely to be forgotten by the ones savoring it!