2012 Cayuse Syrah Armada Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (73) Avg Score: 93.8 points

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  3/19/2024 - pjhr Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Coming together beautifully with a bit of age! Delish!

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  3/7/2024 - johnnyo wrote: 95 Points

  Ditto from last note.

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  2/18/2024 - PDXWineO Likes this wine: 94 Points

  No Official notes but this was a big wine. It did not have as much fruit as I hoped for but the typical Cayuse funk was very present.

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  2/13/2024 - Jimywags wrote: 93 Points

  Popped, poured, and let sit in the glass for 30-45 minutes. The Armada Syrahs sure have settled down from their funktastic early days of the mid 2000's. This wine is hitting its stride with the perfect balance of ripe fruit and lingering Cayuse-ness which essentially combines to create a suitable and pleasurable drinking experience. A 2012 at its apex, for sure. Several of the wine critics have proclaimed that 2012 was a perfect grape growing season in Washington and that the wines could be nothing short of fantastic, although I tend to favor 2010 as my vintage of the century. Nonetheless, and enjoyable wine now and the next 5 years. 93pts.

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  11/3/2023 - thebonnydooner wrote: 90 Points

  On pop and pour. Not the same wine as I had previously. Medium bodied, pretty light in flavour with only mild Cayuse funky notes. More pure cherry and plum fruit. If had had not had a bunch of Cayuse, I would be wondering what all the fuss was about. Will cork this up and leave till tomorrow and see if it improves.
  
  Update from two nights later. Got a little better - but still a little gloppy. Did gain some depth and some nice complex meaty smoky flavours, but not the same zing and fruit as prior bottles.

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