Waters
Tremolo Syrah Blend
Walla Walla Valley, Oregon/Washington, USA
Delectable lists this as a Syrah blend, but the ‘13 is 60% Grenache. Just sayin’.
Nose is very complex. Plum juice, kirsch, dark metal shavings, sandstone, toasty baking spice. Subtle and savory in the mouth. Some dark berry fruit is there, but it’s swimming against a rip tide of dark, ashy minerality and savory notes. Long finish, with the lowish acids I have come to expect from WA State’s basaltic soils (the 40% Syrah is from Walla Walla’s Rocks District). Love it.
Delectable lists this as a Syrah blend, but the ‘13 is 60% Grenache. Just sayin’.
Nose is very complex. Plum juice, kirsch, dark metal shavings, sandstone, toasty baking spice. Subtle and savory in the mouth. Some dark berry fruit is there, but it’s swimming against a rip tide of dark, ashy minerality and savory notes. Long finish, with the lowish acids I have come to expect from WA State’s basaltic soils (the 40% Syrah is from Walla Walla’s Rocks District). Love it.
60% Grenache 40% Syrah. Fully mature and so good. Very perfumed nose. Smoky embers, actual perfume, crushed plummy red berries. Velvety soft. It’s got a softer, higher pH mouthfeel than one would expect from13.7%, but that seems to happen with regularity with Walla Walla fruit (which the Syrah is). Long savory finish. Excellent!
60% Grenache 40% Syrah. Fully mature and so good. Very perfumed nose. Smoky embers, actual perfume, crushed plummy red berries. Velvety soft. It’s got a softer, higher pH mouthfeel than one would expect from13.7%, but that seems to happen with regularity with Walla Walla fruit (which the Syrah is). Long savory finish. Excellent!
1 person found it helpfulFeb 3rd, 2020