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Saturday, November 4, 2023 - Cayuse Syrah is always a treat, and En Chamberlin delivers the goods. I get a slightly more conventional flavor profile from this vineyard than I do from, say, Armada--which is like a radio station devoted to George Clinton projects (all funk, all the time)--but it's only comparatively "conventional". This is beautifully risky juice, and very savory.

I taste the classic vegetal funk I've come to know and love from Christophe, along with tobacco, anise (almost absinthe-y), and dripping meat fat. All the flavors seem to have been toasted over an open flame--or maybe rescued from a burning barn. The nose is like a goddamn barbecue, in fact.

Ripe plum after about an hour, with some other fun fruits in there. (Charcoal-blackened peach? It's wild.) Less olive than I'm used to from Cayuse Syrah, but this is young--and the olive IS there, shyly, toward the finish. Beautiful stone-like hints after everything becomes serene. Excited to drink another of this vintage in 3-5 years.

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