2016 Horsepower Vineyards Syrah The Tribe Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 94.0 points

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  1/27/2024 - Pedroel Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Cayuse, Horsepower, No Girls all have a distinctive style that seems popular for many, not so much for others. I’m one in the middle. When young, the olive and other green notes are too dominant for my taste. At eight years from vintage date, those elements have mellowed to bring me around, on this one. All the standard characteristics…nose, flavor, and finish…are strongly represented. It’s got great balance, good depth, wonderful mouth feel and brings, uh, considerable pleasure. Even S likes it.

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  11/11/2023 - grub94 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Great American syrah. Improvement on the Cayuse....reduced medicinal quality on the finish. Big barnyard nose upfront with dark cherry and blackberry notes underlined by roasted meats and black olive. Like many syrahs he had a slight powwow spot in the mid-palate but very enjoyable long finish. Glad to have more.

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  10/9/2023 - Winevestor Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Just a great and consistent wine of this style. I love the Baron wines. Big and fruity, but with funk and barnyard. These are less wild than the Cayuse, but make up for it with complexity.

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  4/7/2023 - Oberunter-5 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Outstanding—
  
  This has all of the savory notes you get from Cayuse (at least those I’ve had)—olive brine, grilled meat, campfire ashes, fresh, wet earth, iron—but with slightly more elegance and restraint. The nose showed hints of red and black berries, fresh thyme and rosemary. The palate was just as elegant and dynamic—soft tannins, silken texture, and a pleasantly lingering aftertaste.
  
  What I’ve occasionally disliked about Cayuse is the strength of the medicinal aftertaste. To be sure, it’s here too, but better integrated. Over 5 days, the palate never faded—more olive brine, fresh raspberry, blackberry, and blueberry.
  
  While I think this is ready to drink, I also think this has plenty of time.

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  1/2/2023 - ScottPreston wrote: 93 Points

  Very well constructed wine. Lot of barnyard off the start but started to blow off over time. This still has a solid decade of solid drinking. Not my favorite style, but nonetheless a very well made wine.

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