Cayuse Vineyards
Cailloux Vineyard Syrah
Walla Walla Valley, Oregon/Washington, USA
Instense and saturated with roasted black plum and mulberry fruit, tar, grilled porcini, espresso bean, pork blood, curing salt, hoisin, smoked meat, leather, hot iron, metal, apricot confit, grapefruit oil, talcum, roasted herbs de Provence, whole cluster spice like pepper and almost mustard seed, Absolutely wild in its length, complexity, and elixir-like headiness. Some people hate, but this is arguably one of the most unique terroirs for Syrah on earth.
Instense and saturated with roasted black plum and mulberry fruit, tar, grilled porcini, espresso bean, pork blood, curing salt, hoisin, smoked meat, leather, hot iron, metal, apricot confit, grapefruit oil, talcum, roasted herbs de Provence, whole cluster spice like pepper and almost mustard seed, Absolutely wild in its length, complexity, and elixir-like headiness. Some people hate, but this is arguably one of the most unique terroirs for Syrah on earth.
Sep 27th, 2020
Stunning elegance and depth
Stunning elegance and depth
Mar 13th, 2017Hitting on all cylinders...rustic, gamy, savory...meaty, bloody, iodine, floral, black fruits...
Hitting on all cylinders...rustic, gamy, savory...meaty, bloody, iodine, floral, black fruits...
Jan 24th, 2015
Smoked meat, almost pastrami, hints of tart red fruit blended with black cherry. Vanilla, plum skins and raspberry, mocha and dried herb
Smoked meat, almost pastrami, hints of tart red fruit blended with black cherry. Vanilla, plum skins and raspberry, mocha and dried herb
Oct 10th, 2015Pepper a raw steak. Throw in some Worcester sauce and Italian herbs, blend it up and somehow find a way to make that into a WINE and this is the backbone of this wine. VERY meaty backbone. There was good black fruit puree in there as well to provide somewhat of a balance. These Cayuse Syrahs are no joke, and definitely accomplish what they were set out to accomplish! For a wine that I did not think was going to finish soft and elegant, it finished soft and elegant!
Pepper a raw steak. Throw in some Worcester sauce and Italian herbs, blend it up and somehow find a way to make that into a WINE and this is the backbone of this wine. VERY meaty backbone. There was good black fruit puree in there as well to provide somewhat of a balance. These Cayuse Syrahs are no joke, and definitely accomplish what they were set out to accomplish! For a wine that I did not think was going to finish soft and elegant, it finished soft and elegant!
Mar 24th, 2018
Bell pepper and, well, bell pepper, with smoked meat/bacon fat on the finish. Outstanding! Good selection, Sammy, and congrats!
Bell pepper and, well, bell pepper, with smoked meat/bacon fat on the finish. Outstanding! Good selection, Sammy, and congrats!
Nov 11th, 2017Tasted blind. I would hve bet my first six kids this was a high end cote Rotie (not quite LaLa level). The black pepper was off the chart. Never had an American terroir put off this much earth. Put it on your buy list
Tasted blind. I would hve bet my first six kids this was a high end cote Rotie (not quite LaLa level). The black pepper was off the chart. Never had an American terroir put off this much earth. Put it on your buy list
Aug 17th, 2016