Cayuse Vineyards Cailloux Syrah 2023

With 4% Viognier, the 2023 Syrah Cailloux Vineyard is a medium-bodied, Northern Rhône-inspired red that's floral and lovely in rose petal, with well-integrated, moderate funk. Aged in all French oak over 18 months, it's gamey and brooding in black cherry, with a gravelly texture and ample complexity. This is an amazingly delicious, well-made wine with decades to go in bottle; hold and drink 2030-2

#24 Top 100 Cellar Selections 2024: It's only appropriate that a wine named after pebbles should have a distinct post-rain wet patio slate quality backing up aromas of blackberry, lilac and lychee. The thick palate is blessed with sturdy tannic structure and complex flavors of bone marrow, black cherry, peach and sweet Sun Gold tomatoes. ‡ Michael Alberty

Crafted with 3% Viognier, the 2021 Syrah Cailloux Vineyard boasts a deeply colored core. The nose is aromatic and floral, with dense notes of salami, black peppercorn spice and expressive herbals intertwined with turned-earth aromas. It offers additional nuances of baked earth, savory herbs and peppercorn spices. Medium to full-bodied, the palate unfolds with juicy, succulent and fresh characteris

Very floral with an intriguing range of aromas from white to purple flowers. Medium-bodied, showing crushed red raspberries, black cherries, blackberries and pink and green peppercorns. Gets more umami after the finish. From a single vineyard planted in 1997. Drink or hold.

The incredibly expressive 2022 Syrah Cailloux Vineyard is a spice box on the nose, mixing cedar shavings and incense with black olives, tangerine peel and blood orange. It is elegant, with silken textures and masses of ripe citrus-infused red and black fruits. Tannic yet fresh, the 2022 lingers incredibly long, leaving violet pastille and a pleasantly bitter black currant resonance.

Shows presence and detail, offering compelling flavors of raspberry and blueberry that draw in licorice, garrigue, crushed stone and black olive accents as this gathers richness and tannins on the finish. Drink now through 2034. "T.F.