Cayuse
About Cayuse
The inimitable Cayuse is undoubtedly one of the most sought-after and in-demand producers from Walla Walla Valley founded and run by Champagne-native Christophe Baron. Christophe grew up among the vineyards and cellars of his family's centuries-old Champagne house, Baron Albert, and became the first Frenchman to establish an estate domaine in Washington State. The estate's single-vineyard Syrah releases are feverishly hunted down by collectors and are often compared with the finest wines from the Northern Rhône.
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Walla Walla Valley | 1 | 98+ (JD) | HK$4,445.00 | |||||
Jeb Dunnuck (98+)A wine that's held back three months in barrel and then held a year in bottle (as is the GOK), the 2016 Syrah Armada Vineyard saw 70-80% stems and 15% new oak (both demi-muids and foudre). Slightly deeper ruby in color, it has a mix of both red and blue fruits, salt, violets, damp earth, and smoked earth. Deep, tight, backward, but just loaded with potential, it needs 3-5 years of bottle age and will be very long lived. |
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Walla Walla Valley | 1 | 94 (VN) | HK$3,400.00 | |||||
Vinous (94)Bright medium red. Knockout nose combines red cherry, pomegranate, mocha, white pepper and a sexy high-toned floral element. At once salty and juicy on the palate, savory but not particularly meaty, with a dominant flavor of crushed red cherry complicated by notes of garrigue and truffle. Finishes very long and subtly palate-staining, with terrific floral complexity. This wine struck me as a little darker in character than the No Girls Grenache made by Elizabeth Bourcier at Cayuse. And it's still tightly wound. (13.6% alcohol; vinified with 75% whole clusters; from a crop level of just 1.5 tons per acre) |