2006 Cayuse Syrah En Cerise Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (65) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  1/17/2023 - sdr Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  I guess this is what stereotypical Cayuse is supposed to be. I poured some into the dump bucket because I was sure it was spoiled. But wiser heads prevailed and informed me it was correct in this style. At first I thought it was corked but it definitely was not. It became clear that it instead was massively infected by Brett. Fecal and garbage smell but fortunately tasted better than that. Huge on the palate. By the end of the evening it was one of the few bottles totally drained so popular with the group.

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  5/6/2020 - EricLi wrote: 92 Points

  Blood orange. Integrated. Well in its drinking window. Best Cayuse bottle I have had so far. Overwhelmed short ribs with caramized onion. Better to go with spicy meat dishes.

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  10/13/2019 - winot Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Classic Cayuse, but a bit more red fruit than most, has the funk AND the fruit! Really drinking superbly at age 13, and probably would have scored more than 93 except that last night's SHL was so extraordinarily good. En Cerise is usually my favourite Cayuse bottling, and this bottle did not disappoint.

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  4/22/2018 - Filippo Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Classic Cayuse style. Maybe just a touch leaner.

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  3/7/2018 - walkerjfw wrote:

  A couple glasses through a coravin...havent checked in on this guy in a while...good opportunity to see how its aged. Let it open in the glass a bit, drank over 45 mins.
  
  Dark, opaque, purple(ish) color. No real separation. Classic Cayuse funk on the nose...showing earth, mushrooms, blood...Palate is dark fruits, game, "blood", tapenade and earth. Medium weight and finish.
  
  This is a serious, brooding wine that is cut from a Northern Rhone style (via Walla Walla). Wine is settled into a nicely aged, elegant place. Some of the earlier edges are gone, soft on the palate. The "funk" makes it unique and interesting, not for everyone. Fans of Northern Rhone will find this in their zone.
  
  PS - Rumor was Christophe Baron called this his most "pornographic" wine ever...not sure how to interpret that

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