2013 Cayuse Syrah En Chamberlin Vineyard
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Good dark red. Kinky, wild, Old World scents of elderberry, bacon fat, game and flint. Wonderfully silky, round and glyceral but also extremely youthful, offering flavors of raspberry, brown spices, rare steak and smoky minerality; not a floral style. Finishes fleshy, broad and extremely long, with plush, harmonious tannins.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate
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A wine that continued to change and develop in the glass was the 2013 Syrah en Chamberlin Vineyard, which is the smallest production cuvee of the 2013 single vineyard releases (there’s 340 cases). Notes of smoke, charcuterie, black olives, black pepper and violets all emerge from this complex, layered, full-bodied beauty that has fine tannin, a seamless, elegant texture and beautiful length. Give bottles a few years and drink through 2033.