Cayuse Vineyards
En Cerise Vineyard Syrah
Amazing..obviously amazing barrels. Not overly extracted but rich AF. Great first experience with Cayuse. Thanks Kevin!
Amazing..obviously amazing barrels. Not overly extracted but rich AF. Great first experience with Cayuse. Thanks Kevin!
Jul 26th, 2021A little reduced; charred and meaty. Elegant black fruits, forest floor, light cocoa, roast lamb. Beautiful concentration, but not nearly as fresh and lithe as the ‘14 Cailloux, one of my favorite wines ever.
A little reduced; charred and meaty. Elegant black fruits, forest floor, light cocoa, roast lamb. Beautiful concentration, but not nearly as fresh and lithe as the ‘14 Cailloux, one of my favorite wines ever.
Apr 17th, 2021rocks, candied bacon, pure, precise. medium tannins, medium + acid. finessed. lovely.
rocks, candied bacon, pure, precise. medium tannins, medium + acid. finessed. lovely.
Apr 13th, 2021These wines are the most confounding wines I’ve ever had. Certainly singular but that’s about the best thing I can say about it.
These wines are the most confounding wines I’ve ever had. Certainly singular but that’s about the best thing I can say about it.
Aug 30th, 2019The 2011 Cayuse Syrah from the En Cerise Vineyard in Walla Walla is showing so well tonight. There’s enough youth to it that the fruit is still front and center, but also enough age that its full depth of the complexity has emerged. Black cherry, plum, and blackberry, but with an exotic blood orange component that really ties the wine together and provides a seamless segue into the layers of garrigue, olive tapenade, lavender, sandalwood, smoldering incense, crushed rock, and campfire smoked meat with cracked pepper. The terroir is as undeniable as is the “Cayuse Funk” that Christophe Baron is so well known for. Extraordinary.
The 2011 Cayuse Syrah from the En Cerise Vineyard in Walla Walla is showing so well tonight. There’s enough youth to it that the fruit is still front and center, but also enough age that its full depth of the complexity has emerged. Black cherry, plum, and blackberry, but with an exotic blood orange component that really ties the wine together and provides a seamless segue into the layers of garrigue, olive tapenade, lavender, sandalwood, smoldering incense, crushed rock, and campfire smoked meat with cracked pepper. The terroir is as undeniable as is the “Cayuse Funk” that Christophe Baron is so well known for. Extraordinary.
Aug 12th, 2018I was really impressed with this for such a young En Chamberlin vineyard. Fox fur and raw hot dog aromas rise from the decanter, dark herbaceous flavor profile—black olive, licorice, bay leaf. Thank you for hosting in your gorgeous cellar @Mike R you provided ear to ear smiles in your cellar
I was really impressed with this for such a young En Chamberlin vineyard. Fox fur and raw hot dog aromas rise from the decanter, dark herbaceous flavor profile—black olive, licorice, bay leaf. Thank you for hosting in your gorgeous cellar @Mike R you provided ear to ear smiles in your cellar
Nov 10th, 2017Famous for reason. One of the most exciting Syrahs I've had in years
Famous for reason. One of the most exciting Syrahs I've had in years
Oct 6th, 2017