2018 Cayuse Syrah Armada Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  3/20/2024 - lewisrise wrote: 91 Points

  Decanted an hour. Nose of blackberry, black, currant, violet, and minerals. This wine was not as complex or balanced as I expected, it still probably too young. The finish is medium at best, and I did pick up some chocolate, in addition to the fruit on the finish. I recommend holding for another five years before drinking.

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  11/3/2023 - Elkcims Likes this wine: 94 Points

  90 minute decant, lovely, medium bodied, complex aroma of pepper, wet gravel, blackberry, black olive. Love these with a good combo pizza.

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  8/23/2023 - BottleScholar Likes this wine:

  All the intense Syrah flavors are there, but unlike most of the variety, the flavors here are light on their feet and dancing, instead of being darker, heavier. Fresh violets, blueberry, pastry crust, charred wood, raw game, beef jerky, vanilla, black pepper, black olive, black licorice. Deep ruby color. Intensity: Pronounced. Body: M+. Alcohol: H. Acid: H. Finish: Long. Tannin: M+ barely, polished, slightly pleasantly stemmy, and well-integrated. Complexity: High. Concentration: High.

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  7/21/2023 - whits Likes this wine: 94 Points

  enchanting aromas that capture savory elements of olive, cured meats and strawberry, full and luscious, cool and complex, delicious and long, umami, layers of flavorful plum, smoked meat, root vegetables, black cherry and smoke, needs air to wind down and obviously more cellar time will carry the elements to a graceful field of joy, but it services the taste buds well while young and shows off the pedigree and potential of the vineyard, a beauty

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  6/20/2023 - brigcampbell wrote:

  I'm wondering if there's some bottle variation in this vintage based on the tasting notes. This bottle showed very very well. A few Northern Rhone qualities and that's after we pop and poured. Tenants were fine and gritty, hint of black olive, and a big slick of tar running through the palate. Good

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