2006 Cayuse Syrah En Chamberlin Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (68) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  2/2/2021 - junetoaugust Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Pop and poured enjoyed over 5 hours or so, this was one to cherish. Striking wine even in plastic Airbnb glasses translucent garnet with orange and brown brick aging flashes. Nose provides waves of forest floor, charcuterie & roasted meats initially. On additional glasses dark red fruits, cranberry & cherry become more prominent. Palate brings some smokiness into the experience, with further meatiness & oak. On the palate wine is really in a beautiful mature state, palate is full-bodied and completely mouthcoating, while still providing lively acidity and vibrate dark fruit, meaty & forest floor notes. Towards the end of the bottle additional notes of bacon and cedar join the mix and linger on and on. This was an absolute treat.

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  6/25/2020 - Ron Slye wrote: 93 Points

  Deep dark red. Incredible nose of forest fire, olive, dark dark fruits, roasted meats, Explodes on the palate – lots of dark red fruits, black cherry, smoke. This embodies what I love about Cayuse. So much going on. You just want to sit and smell and take small sips, trying to capture all of the flavors that pass along. Still pretty tight. This has lots of life ahead of it. After a while more notes of blueberry syrup. About two hours in this is starting to shut down a bit. This started in the 95 plus realm; then closed a bit. Will update the next day to see where it is.

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  1/15/2020 - Ex-Ray Likes this wine: 100 Points

  It doesn't get any better than this! There are other perfect wines that are different styles, but none that exceed this in quality. Dark garnet, completely opaque. The nose is immediately very pronounced and complex, of sweet dark berries, smoke, roasted meat, all blended perfectly with just the right amount of oak. Hermitage style. Big, full-bodied dark fruit, meaty, smoky flavors, with a touch of anise. Viscous, coats the tongue, and the flavors keep building. Powerful and big, but very smooth and balanced. Very long aftertaste, with the deep flavors just persisting. Perfect, and perfectly ready, though it should last several more years at least.
  I enjoy saying that my favorite U.S. wines are Oregon syrahs. Cayuse is thought of as a Washington wine (the office is in Walla Walla), but vineyards and winery are in Oregon!
  Ric

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  9/18/2019 - Kevnzworld wrote: 94 Points

  45 minute decant
  Has those aged Syrah flavors of slightly bitter, biting dark fruit, ripe mango and chocolate with some pepper on the finish.
  Yummy. ( not a wine term but appropriate).
  This wine was more developed at 90 minutes in.
  Well into it’s drinking zone

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  1/21/2019 - Ron Slye wrote: 95 Points

  Wow. This just underscores for me how these need to age. This is markedly better than my last bottle (at least as I read that note). This has all of the things that I love about Cayuse syrah. Dark brooding nose, with barnyard, blood, dark fruit and spices. Similar flavors on the palate. The creaminess that I found off putting before is still present, but integrated nicely into the other flavors. This is great on its own, but also with the lamb chops we had for dinner. But I really think this will benefit from at least another five years of aging -- and probably more. But this is drinking really nicely now -- so if you want an amazing Cayuse experience, pop one of these open now. But if you want to see if this will last with the best Syrahs, then no risk letting it sleep for at least five more years or longer.

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