Horsepower - High Contrast Vineyard Syrah 2018
Price: $199.99
| Producer | Horsepower |
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| Country | United States |
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| Region | Washington |
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| Subregion | Walla Walla |
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| Varietal | Syrah |
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| Vintage | 2018 |
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| Sku | 25196 |
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James Suckling: 96 Points
Notes of blackberry with coffee, nutmeg and smoke undertones. It’s full-bodied with fine tannins. Elegant and balanced on the palate with a creamy texture and supple, smoky character. Long finish. Drink in 2024.
Wine Enthusiast: 94 Points
Wine Spectator: 93 Points
There's a simmering core of power underneath the elegant texture of this red, which unfurls slowly with blackberry, bacon fat and garrigue tones. Drink now through 2029.
Wine Advocate: 93 Points
Dark ruby with a magenta rim, the 2018 Syrah High Contrast Vineyard offers the darkest and broodiest nose of the range this year, with elements of teriyaki beef jerky, roasted plums and black peppercorn spice. Full-bodied, the palate is dense and chewy with a firm tannic edge, offering a gripping mineral tension and elements of blackberry skin, turned earth and worn leather. Give this another year or two in the bottle and drink until its 15th birthday. The wine rested for two years in a mixture of demi-muids and foudre. Just under 6,200 bottles were filled.
