- Practicing Biodynamic
- 100% Syrah
- Walla Walla Valley AVA
- Cailloux vineyard
- Planted in 1997
- Topsoil mix of silty loam and basalt cobblestones
- Aged 18 months in French oak, 15-20% new
- 13.6% abv
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2022
Country:
United States
Region:
Washington
Appellation:
Walla Walla
Variety:
Syrah
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Biodynamic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | US-CAY-41-22 | 3/750ml |
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
96
Date
2025-03-31
"This meaty and savory red shows aromas and flavors of black plums, sage, licorice, bacon fat, iodine and capers. It's full-bodied, open and deliciously salty, with ripe, supple tannins. Increasingly salty and it persists for a very long time. Around 70% whole-cluster fermentation. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drinkable already, but better from 2027."
Wine Spectator
Score
95
Date
2025-04-23
"A compelling and impeccably structured red that serves up expressive flavors of blueberry and raspberry accented by crushed stone, garrigue and tapenade tones as this builds tension and personality on the finish. Drink now through 2035. —T.F."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2021
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
97
Date
2024-07-11
"Ripe black cherries, darker raspberries, sappy flowers, shiitake mushrooms, and a kiss of black pepper all define the 2021 Syrah En Cerise Vineyard, an incredibly pure, seamless, elegant Syrah from this estate. It's always a perfumed, exotic wine, yet the 2021 shines for its incredible purity, precision, and length. It benefits from air and will drink beautifully over the coming 15 years or more."
2021
James Suckling
Score
96
Date
2024-02-22
"Arresting wood smoke and cured ham aromas lead to incredibly concentrated, earthy, meaty flavors matched by blackberries and black pepper that seem to swell on the palate and accelerate through the finish. Co-fermented with a small amount of viognier and aged in mostly neutral French, larger-format oak casks. From biodynamically grown grapes. Best from 2029."
2021
Vinous
Score
96
Date
2024-12-05
"Wickedly fresh, the 2021 Syrah En Cerise Vineyard opens with a dark mix of wilted violets, ashen stones, rubbed sage and musky currants. It's juicy and round with masses of black cherry fruits underscored by saline minerals and exotic spice, as a core of vibrant acidity maintains amazing lift despite its power and size. This leaves a balsamic and cocoa tinge, tapering off long and staining with edgy tannins and a resonance of black olive that lingers."
2021
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2024-03-21
"The 2021 Syrah en Cerise displays a medium ruby hue with a soft garnet edge. It features sappy black cherry and sour plum notes complemented by spicy herbs and hung meat, offering an earthy, robust character. On the medium-bodied palate, dusty flowers and iodine unfold to firm, gripping tannins that lead to a finish marked by notes of smoked cherries. Best enjoyed with food. This Syrah spent 18 months aging, with approximately 20% of the wine resting in new French oak. A total of 4,548 bottles were made."
2021
Wine Enthusiast
Score
95
Date
2024-06-01
"Blackberries were no surprise. The aromas of meat and caraway seeds uniting to create a pastrami perfume however, were. The wine's blackberry-compote, rosemary and lavender-water flavors are equally captivating. The En Cerise shows a deft hand, with restrained alcohol, crisp acidity and velvety tannins. The En Cerise does not roar, it purrs. —M.A."
2020
James Suckling
Score
96
Date
2023-04-20
"This is meaty"
2020
Wine Enthusiast
Score
96
Date
2023-07-26
"The wine's blackberry and tangerine aromas blend with equally compelling notes of espresso"
2020
Vinous
Score
95+
Date
2023-08-10
"A mentholated freshness lifts savory woodland herbs and dried black cherries as the 2020 Syrah En Cerise Vineyard opens in the glass. Juicy and vividly fruit-focused"
2020
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
93
Date
2023-06-21
"Bright black cherries"
2020
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2023-05-11
"Savory"
2020
Wine Spectator
Score
93
Date
2023-08-02
"Richly structured and detailed"
2017
Vinous
Score
95+
Date
2020-12-01
2017
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2020-08-13